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I was delightfully excited to learn that R.E. Lee was a born-again Christian. Yes, even spirit filled people will fight for the greater good of God's plan.

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Yes, even spirit filled people will fight for the greater good of God's plan.

Lee fought bravely, but for a horrible cause. Rommel was also a good general, but I wouldn't include him in any divine BS.

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"You cannot barter manhood for peace." Robert E. Lee

"I am of Virginia and all my professional life I have studied of Lee and Jackson" General Douglas MacArthur

"Always take care of the poor horses." -Robert E. Lee

"I felt so elated when I found myself in the ancient Dominion that I nodded to all the trees I passed."
-Robert E. Lee on his return home in 1840.

"Lee had one intimate friend - God." Gamaliel Bradford

"Go manfully to work, put your own shoulder to the wheel and be sure to cultivate those articles necessary for the support of yourself and family." R.E. Lee to one of his sons

"...the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded it." Robert E. Lee to Lord Acton regarding the Confederacy's loss and the resulting centralization of power.

"Private and public life are subject to the same rules." Robert E. Lee

"If you have any fault to find with anyone, tell him, not others, of what you complain; there is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back." Robert E. Lee's advice to his eldest and good advice for all Christian gentleman.

"The dominant party cannot reign forever, and truth and justice will prevail at last." R.E. Lee

"I did only what my duty demanded. I could have taken no other course without dishonor." R.E. Lee on why he fought.

More good quotes by Lee and others here

 

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I just found a new book you might be interested in - it's on my list:

The Soul of Lee

The Soul of Lee, by Randolph H. McKim, has never been reprinted (until now). First published in 1917, this volume, in the author’s words, emphasizes Lee’s “character as a man.” McKim served as a field chaplain in the Army of Northern Virginia and also wrote the very popular A Soldier’s Recollections: Leaves from the Diary of a Young Confederate, published in 1910. McKim also served as Rector of Christ Church in Alexandria, the church of George Washington and the church where Lee first made public his faith in Christ. This book examines “the soul of Lee” in his formative years, as well as the years during and after the War and includes a chapter entitled, “Lee’s Spiritual Life” – a true delight!