[stormer]

Except he wasn’t “our” greatest general. He was the military commander of an insurrectionist faction that took up arms against the United States of America.

[Rurudyne]

I’ll take him over the loyal Left that kicked the Constitution to the curb over a fistful of programs.

[MrEdd]

Yeah.

That faction that held to the original intent of the Constitution, as opposed to the living document faction of their day. That faction which evolved in notions of indissolubility. The minutes of the constitutional convention make it crystal clear that the document they drafted did indeed allow for withdrawal.

Was the war worth fighting for the North? Strictly on moral grounds to end slavery.

At any rate, not my circus not my monkeys anyway. My ancestors didn't immigrate until the eighteen eighties.

[miss marmelstein]

Still fighting that war, are we?

Funny, Lincoln wanted us to forgive each other and move on into the future. You might want to take his advice.

[Alberta's Child]

He was the military commander of an insurrectionist faction that took up arms against the United States of America.

He was a native son of a state whose interests he represented over and above that of the Federal government.

If we could have 400 such men in Washington today, this would be a great country indeed.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

He was the military commander of an insurrectionist faction that took up arms against the United States of America.

The South had a constitutional right and path to secede.

Lincoln chose the unconstitutional path.

[DiogenesLamp]

He was the military commander of an insurrectionist faction that took up arms against the United States of America.

You mean like that other General from Virginia who took up arms against the United Kingdom?

[golux]

He was the military commander of an insurrectionist faction that took up arms against the United States of America....

I think you mean the former United States of America. You now live in one State, controlled by your benevolent, ever-growing centralized Federal Government.

[Midnitethecat]

What’s your opinion of Washington?

[Svartalfiar]

Except he wasn’t “our” greatest general. He was the military commander of an insurrectionist faction that took up arms against the United States of America.

No they didn't - if Lincoln hadn't invaded the South, there would have been no war. Do you think the Founding Fathers were wrong to separate from England? The misnamed 'Civil War' was not much different!

[RFEngineer]

“Except he wasn’t “our” greatest general”

This will be a hard pill for you to swallow, but swallow it you must.

Lee and Lee’s Legacy are American. More American than you and any legacy that you are likely to leave.

Every Confederate soldier is seen in the eyes of American History, and as a matter of law, as American Soldiers.

So if you are putting “our” in quotes, then you are sitting on the outside of America, looking in. You’ve got lots of company, so you won’t be lonely, but you and all your “America deniers” are just wrong.

You are so wrong, you should make reservations at “The Red Hen” to be with your fellow comrades and THEN take a 1/4 mile stroll to Lee’s burial place. Maybe you will learn something. Maybe not.