[DoodleDawg]

Lee freed his slaves which he inherited, not purchased, a year before the emancipation proclamation...

Actually Lee signed the manumission documents on December 31, 1862. One day before the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect.

...whereas Yankee generals amongnothers kept theirs until after the war was over.

Name one.

[This_Dude]

Grant and Sherman? Both of them did. Look it up.