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.
Commission Earned
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.
DeleteJpaul
THIS...^^^^^
DeleteAnother agreement. Guelzo is the wrong author for this subject.
DeleteHey, 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.
ReplyDeleteEvidence our country has been on a rapidly accelerating decline for decades. The vandalism / desecration and ultimate destruction of his monument in Richmond. Truly despicable acts, done by truly despicable people.
Deletehistory 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.
ReplyDeleteThese past few days with all this South will rise again nonsense is right up there with flat earthers, gravity doesn’t exist, and men never landed on the moon conspiracy thinking.
ReplyDeleteYet there seem to be enough of you out there to investigate this further. I’m asking for a recommendation for a good book or two that helps explain your position in a modern context. What does a Confederate position mean today and what role does it play in the future of these United States?
Skip any Bible-twisting, white superiority junk tho. If that is still part of your platform, your input is DOA.
Why on earth should any of us care what you think? Who should spend any time arguing with you? If you argue with a fool, you have two fools arguing.
DeleteYou are shit out of luck. There is no such thing as a justification for South secession without white supremacy and slavery justification
DeleteNot sure the South will or can rise again, but be sure, the Yankee Empire will fall. It's built on forcing policy against human nature, and the modern GAE especially takes a lot of propaganda to stay afloat. The lie can't last forever.
DeleteThat blurb is a load of manure big enough to fertilize the lower 40
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ReplyDeleteBased on the blurb, the author does not understand Lee adn is clueless about much else. The book isn't worth the paper it is printed on.
ReplyDeleteRelax. The owner of this website, that primarily deals with pictures, and occasional short video clips, puts up lots of things throughout any given year for all of us to look at. It does not mean any endorsement is implied, and I doubt that this current one is any indication of anything. Take a chill pill.
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