ASP.NET custom error page - Server.GetLastError() is null

<customErrors mode="On" defaultRedirect="~/errors/GeneralError.aspx"
/>

Exception ex = Server.GetLastError();
  if (ex != null)
    {
        if (ex.GetBaseException() != null)
            ex = ex.GetBaseException();
    }

<customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="~/errors/GeneralError.aspx" redirectMode="ResponseRewrite" />

void Application_Error(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    // Code that runs when an unhandled error occurs
    Exception ex = Server.GetLastError();
    Application["TheException"] = ex; //store the error for later
    Server.ClearError(); //clear the error so we can continue onwards
    Response.Redirect("~/myErrorPage.aspx"); //direct user to error page
}

<system.web>
    <customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="~/myErrorPage.aspx">
    </customErrors>
  </system.web>

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

    // ... do stuff ...
    //we caught an exception in our Global.asax, do stuff with it.
    Exception caughtException = (Exception)Application["TheException"];
    //... do stuff ...
}

//direct user to error page
        Server.Transfer("~/ErrorPages/Oops.aspx");
    }

protected void LoadError(Exception objError)
    {
        if (objError != null)
        {
            StringBuilder lasterror = new StringBuilder();

            if (objError.Message != null)
            {
                lasterror.AppendLine("Message:");
                lasterror.AppendLine(objError.Message);
                lasterror.AppendLine();
            }

            if (objError.InnerException != null)
            {
                lasterror.AppendLine("InnerException:");
                lasterror.AppendLine(objError.InnerException.ToString());
                lasterror.AppendLine();
            }

            if (objError.Source != null)
            {
                lasterror.AppendLine("Source:");
                lasterror.AppendLine(objError.Source);
                lasterror.AppendLine();
            }

            if (objError.StackTrace != null)
            {
                lasterror.AppendLine("StackTrace:");
                lasterror.AppendLine(objError.StackTrace);
                lasterror.AppendLine();
            }

            ViewState.Add("LastError", lasterror.ToString());
        }
    }

   protected void btnReportError_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        SendEmail();
    }

    public void SendEmail()
    {
        try
        {
            MailMessage msg = new MailMessage("webteam", "webteam");
            StringBuilder body = new StringBuilder();

            body.AppendLine("An unexcepted error has occurred.");
            body.AppendLine();

            body.AppendLine(ViewState["LastError"].ToString());

            msg.Subject = "Error";
            msg.Body = body.ToString();
            msg.IsBodyHtml = false;

            SmtpClient smtp = new SmtpClient("exchangeserver");
            smtp.Send(msg);
        }

        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            lblException.Text = ex.Message;
        }
    }