Question

Why is Lee reluctant to fight?

Answer 1

C. Lee's loyalty was torn between the Union, and his home state of Virginia

Answer 2

Lee believes that separating into two countries is the best path for both North and South( B); actually Lee did not want the secession but he was a great defender of slavery and the general order of things in the South. Although he was deemed to have a special loyalty for Virginia, once his state joined the Confederacy Lee tried to obtain its independence  as  a whole.