This Yankee happens to think Lee was a fine honorable American
Haters gonna hate.
What he stood for was states rights.
Looks like this li'l librul sure learned his lessons good in the federal indoctrination centers called public schools.
As a Southerner who deeply loves his entire country and loves with all his heart the South, the whole Civil War period is a very sad time for me.
I look upon the Confederacy as destined to failure due to slavery. I agree with Lincoln that it was God—not punishing us for it—but tempering us to a better way.
Steel is made stronger by burning it to a red hot glow and then beating it against an iron anvil with a heavy iron hammer.
I suppose from the steel’s perspective this is very painful and cruel!
And so God tempered us during that time.
I do believe slavery was wrong and Lee did to. Yet he still fought for his country, which in his mind was Virginia.
I think we are eventually failing God’s test as a nation; I really do. There is either another tempering coming, or we are abandoned to our own lustful desires.
Which is it? I fear being abandoned the most but pray the tempering will be done, even though that itself will be terrible.
So his only complaint against Lee, the only blot on his character, is the fact he didn’t surrender soon enough?
He doesn’t understand the difference between casualty and KIA.
The writer lost me (and any credibility) when he said that “50,000 lost their lives over three days” referring to Gettysburg. There approximately was that many casualties between the two armies but deaths, which the author is referring to, were ~7,900 between both armies. Anyone with such an egregious error in their work probably should refrain from opining about Gen. Lee at all.
The transformation of American History before our very eyes...
Ever notice how Democrats are so stupid in their zeal that they have to compare conservatives to.....racist Democrats?
Typical liberal bigotry. Nothing new.
If you want to hate, nobody deserves it more than William T Sherman.
On this particular Sunday morning, Lee attended St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Richmond, V.A. The church service progressed as usual until it was time for communion. When the call to communion was made, an unknown black man rose from his pew in the back of the church and made the long walk down the aisle to the front of the church where he proceeded to kneel at the communion rail.
The members of the church were shocked by this act and remained seated, unsure of what to do. Then, Robert E. Lee rose from his pew. He strode down the center aisle and knelt down next to black man, and the two received communion together. After this act, the rest of the congregation followed suit and took communion.
Given that there is no specific citation or date, I fear that this may be legend or apocryphal, but somehow I think that it matches the man in history.
Viscount Garnet Wolseley was probably the greatest soldier the British Empire ever produced.
He spent some time during the war with both Union and Confederate officers. His description of Lee is basically fantastic.
He said that Lee was the best man he ever met and no one else was worthy of even being compared to him. He said that Lee was better in every way than any.
From everything I know of Lee, he deserves every bit of that praise.
Robert E Lee was a great American. The CSA was not about slavery, but state’s rights.
The left wish they open up on the Stone Mt. carving with howitzers.
General Lee was a most honorable man. And you, Mr. Dickey are not qualified to stand in his shadow at Stone Mountain.
Being too dumb to know that the TEA Party does not endorse extremist policies gave you away.
You are a poosy. (Author)
Like Lee, Christopher Dickey gave his life over to a Lost Cause (in his case, Newsweek magazine), and he may be pretty bitter about the magazine meeting its own Appomattox.
Writing penny ante articles for The Daily Beast must also be a comedown from the big expense account days at the magazine.
Apparently, Dickey still lives in Paris, so he may not have much of a clue about present-day US politics.