Posted on 01/17/2014 10:44:44 AM PST by DanMiller
Great reply.
And a small group who obviously have never heard of Google:
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/04/27/top-ten-generals/#!suluH
Virtually every search turns up the same list!!!
I do not admire the man.
“There seemed only to be enough manuvering to take some high ground, and then bloody massed attacks by the other side to dislodge from that high ground.”
Not a bad tactic when one is out numbered 2:1 as Lee often was.
The list of great men who do admire him is sufficient....you are entitled to your opinion.....thanks for your service........USMC 1967-69....semper fi
Lee was an extraordinary man and it is well that he is remembered
Go here to find out what U.S. Grant thought of him!
http://www.sewanee.edu/faculty/willis/Civil_War/documents/GrantLee.html
oh sure thing... with out being pro anyone. may I simply point out that the Union had twice the men and twice the economic engine of the Confederacy... I know of no army that can withstand that
bleeech... he resigned his commission and went ho,e to defend his state. Let us all agree that this war was over in 1865 and quit trying to re fight it when it brings about nothing but stupidity
“In 1847, the State of Maryland gave permission to the United States War Department to construct a fort in the shallow water of Soller’s Point Flats to protect the city of Baltimore. Fort Carroll was important for the defense of Baltimore — before the fort’s construction, Fort McHenry just outside the city was the only military defensive structure between Baltimore and the Chesapeake Bay. The fort was part of the “Permanent System” or Third System construction program, which aimed to defend America’s most important ports.
Then Brevet-Colonel Robert E. Lee designed the hexagonal structure and supervised the construction, which the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commenced in 1848. Lee went on to become Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point before the fort received its name on 8 October 1850.”
Just another reason to remember Lee
Its not necessary for you to admire him. He’s a son of the South.
I just updated the post at my blog to include the letters to and From President Eisenhower.
That's like saying Erwin Rommel or Heinz Guderian or Napoleon were not military geniuses because they didn't win their wars. I don't think that you would find a lot of people who agreed with that.
The Dukes of Hazzard’s car had a birthday?
He did swear such an oath. And he adhered to it. Defense of the Constitution was the basis for his actions.
There are many who now seem to accept the notion that defense of a current Government is the same as defense of the Constitution. I disagree with them.
My beef with Robert Lee is that he chose to be loyal to a state instead of his oath and his position in the army. Had he stayed in the US Army, he would certainly have brought to whole bloody mess to a fast end. As it came to be, his talent caused many more young men of both sides to die or be maimed and to no end, since the result was still a surrender of the southern forces and wholesale starvation and ruin of a country.
I respect you and your views - and thank you for your service.
Semper Fi! (Vietnam 1966-7)
Looking at it from todays point of view I can see your point; but remember before the civil war states rights were a very big thing. Lee did what honor at that time compelled him to and he probably knew what the out come would be. When a mostly agriculture region goes up against an industrial region winning would be a longshot.
Happy Birthday!
“He did swear such an oath. And he adhered to it. Defense of the Constitution was the basis for his actions.
There are many who now seem to accept the notion that defense of a current Government is the same as defense of the Constitution. I disagree with them.”
Very well stated.
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