This i do not know sadly but i did some research for you and google says and i quote
"When Virginia declared its secession from the Union in April 1861, Lee chose to follow his home state, despite his desire for the country to remain intact and an offer of a senior Union command. During the first year of the Civil War, Lee served as a senior military adviser to Confederate President Jefferson Davis".
Answer:
The term “Byzantine” derives from Byzantium, an ancient Greek colony founded by a man named Byzas. ... In 330 A.D., Roman Emperor Constantine I chose Byzantium as the site of a “New Rome” with an eponymous capital city, Constantinople
