Q: After declining Abraham Lincoln's offer to command the armies of the United States, I led Confederate armies to victory in the Seven Days battles, Second Manassas, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. Who am I?

A: Robert E. Lee (1807–1870)

Right: Life mask by Clark Mills (1810–1883)
(Virginia Historical Society, Gift of C. Powell Minnigerode)

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