[DiogenesLamp]

Lee on the other hand received a free education at West Point and 40 years of employment in the Army of the United States courtesy of the Federal Government.

I would think that after 40 years they would have gotten their money's worth, or do they own him for life?

Funny, I thought we were against that sort of thing. :)

[Bull Snipe]

Lee would have been on the Federal Government half pay until he died.

[miss marmelstein]

Yes, indeed, they got their money’s worth. Years of teaching at West Point, head of the Army Corps of Engineers, service in the Mexican War (a war he didn’t like) and so many other incredible duties carried out with his noted service to authority. Top that with his turning Washington College into a fine institution of learning!

I will not mention his teeth-grindingly annoying ability to get through West Point without a single demerit, lol, while my other two chaps, Custer and Grant, came up short! Well, Custer, cane up incredibly short but was a true hero of the Civil War despite the carping of the politically-correct.

Hope all is well with you, Diogenes Lamp!

(Computer doing weird things: I spelled came correctly but it keeps coming out “cane”.