Posted on 01/07/2014 6:48:32 AM PST by BigReb555
The Georgia Division Sons of Confederate Veterans will again sponsor their annual Robert E. Lee Birthday Commemorative on Saturday January 18, 2014 at the Old Capitol Building, 201 E. Greene St., Milledgeville, Georgia.
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Traitor is the opposite of honorable.
Mr BigReb555,
The “Victors” write the history. And in the “WAR(1860-1865)” there really were NO “Victors”. Slavery(and OTHER factors) TORE this country apart and we are still dealing w/ it. Gen Lee was a GREAT American and unfortunatly again The “Victors” wrote the history. Slavery was a “Time-Bomb” that Great Britain left this country with.
To them, America is irrelevant. Foil them by joining the NSSA and smell the smoke and relive the past.
Another Southern general of the same ilk was LtGen Wade Hampton of SC.
Well worth reading his bio...
PS. I was born and live in the North...but my people did not enter this fair land till the turn of the century (19th-20th). I have no North-South Ax to grind. I am a states rights believer, but also think the attack on Fort Sumter was a strategic mistake. should have made the North make the first move. I also think that the whole slavery thing was a mistake...that should have been dealt with at the time of the writing of the constitution....but had it been a sticking point we would never have revolted against England, so it was understandable that it was not addressed at that time.
I often wonder had Lincoln lived, would he have moved the freed slaves to Guyana where he had planned to move them and solved many of the problems we live with to this day...
I had an old book about the Civil War....The introduction read something like...”Portraits of Two Brothers”
It was good enough for our p-resident's ancestors.
The War was about STATES RIGHTS more than anything else, Slavery was just the vehicle.
Imagine if, instead of telling states they cannot have slaves, the were fighting to prevent the Federal Government from telling you you HAD TO buy health insurance or face a fine?
Really. Well, I guess buying and selling human beings like cattle is OK after all. Glad you cleared that up.
Huh? We always take the 3rd Monday in January off to celebrate Robert E. Lee’s birthday. Doesn’t everyone?
Didn’t he loose a leg in battle - “Attack and Retreat”?
Your screen name is certaintly apt.
I see you are a person of rock solid virtue, one not easily swayed to change his mind.
;)
Amen.
Lee / Jackson Day bump
Im neutral when it comes to him.
I respect his professionalism, and his military brilliance, but he isn’t this god like figure that was above the failings of mid 19th century political thinking.
For every amazing story about him, you get equally disappointing views on something else or some decision that leaves wonder where the heck did that come from.
Excellent post.
No...
Gen Hampton took over the cavalry after Stuart”s death. He led the Great Beef Steak raid against the yankees during the Petersburg seige. He was a bad ass at the final surrender by Johnston to Sherman. He lost his entire fortune (was the biggest slave owner before the war), a son and brother because of the war. Later, he was a senator and governor of SC supporting blacks’ right to vote, etc.
My grandfather and father are named for him...
There are Robert E. Lee haters on this site. They will even send you to websites that accuse Lee of the most hideous crimes. But if you are going to criticize Lee for owning his wife or father-in-law’s slaves, then you are going to have to condemn George Washington as well.
Yes, Pickett changed his mind about Lee after Gettysburg. It was a terrible charge that failed. Lee took full responsibility for it but Pickett never got over it. Shades of PTSD no doubt. Lee had it at the end of his life. He heard the voices of his men calling to him when he was in bed at night. Sad.
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