Robert E. Lee is one of the most confounding figures in American history. Lee betrayed his nation in order to defend his home state and uphold the slave system he claimed to oppose. He was a traitor to the country he swore to serve as an Army officer, and yet he was admired even by his enemies for his composure and leadership. He considered slavery immoral, but benefited from inherited slaves and fought to defend the institution. And behind his genteel demeanor and perfectionism lurked the insecurities of a man haunted by the legacy of a father who stained the family name by declaring bankruptcy and who disappeared when Robert was just six years old.
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That’s quite a spin.
ReplyDeleteBack then, Americans identified first with their state, not primarily with the federal government. Lee was highly respected, and in 1861 President Lincoln, through Francis P. Blair Sr., sounded him out for command of the Union army. Lee declined and soon chose to follow Virginia after it seceded.
Actually, Lincoln betrayed the constitution.
ReplyDeleteThat is incorrect. At the time, Americans from both the north and the south thought that the states did have the right to leave the union.
DeleteYea well, American's opinions aren't based on Constitutional reasoning.
DeleteNeither is the SCOTUS.
DeleteThe description posted with the book cover is just another example of yankee propaganda and lies, disparaging the South, and Her Sons...
ReplyDeleteSadly, some folks eat it up like dogs eating vomit...
For those who desire truth, I offer the book, "The South Was Right" by brothers,
James and Walter Kennedy... Pelican Publishing Company 1996
Agree, retrospective bile.
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Hey, maybe that civil war wasn’t about slavery (an already dying institution)
ReplyDeleteMaybe it was more about Boston, NY , Philly bankers & tariffs & squeezing every $ out of the south Maybe
As a Confederate American, this does it for me. Bye.
ReplyDeleteFragile.
DeleteNot fragile, just tired. I've been hearing this shit all my life.
DeleteNo mention that Robert E. Lee was a devout Christian. SAD
ReplyDeleteLight Horse Lee stained his family's honor?
ReplyDeleteWhat you meant to say was that as a Revolutionary War hero and a signer of the Declaration Of Independence, he was serious about his pledge to put his life liberty and fortune on the line.
Robert E Lees father was not the only founding father to go bankrupt in the service of his country.
Asshole writers. More revisionist shit!
Total revisionist propaganda.
ReplyDeletehistory is created by authors, kinda like news nowadays. who the hell you gonna believe.
ReplyDeleteWell, after that description, I won't be buying that book.
ReplyDeleteDoubtful the author could carry Lee's water.
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