Lee’s home was turned into a national cemetery as an insult to him.
Always seemed to me that having it be the resting place of the greatest American soldiers and other leaders is something Lee would have, in contrast, considered a great honor.
Let’s be honest. No one in Washington wanted Lee perched over them.
I believe you are correct!
“Always seemed to me that having it be the resting place of the greatest American soldiers and other leaders is something Lee would have, in contrast, considered a great honor.”
I seem to remember reading that the legality of what the Union did to Lee’s home was questionable, and it was a very real possibility that Lee could have forced the US Gov’t to dig up all those graves and move them. But he chose not to.
I believe you’re right sir.Hell, I wasn’t around then so I don’t know whom I would have sided with. There were Southern guys fighting for the North and vice versa.All I know is that Lee was an excellent soldier and a very well liked guy.
He was offered some very lucrative positions and business endorsements from North and South alike. He WASN’T and isn’t just a Southern Hero, he’s an AMERICAN HERO IMHO.