True or False. Abraham Lincoln offered Robert E. Lee the leadership of the Union army as the Civil War was beginning. Lee declined because he could not bear to fight against the South.

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Yes, that is correct. Abraham Lincoln did not offer Robert E. Lee the leadership of the Union army. Lee ultimately chose to resign his commission in the U.S. Army and join the Confederacy, leading the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

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