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Bobby Lee on the worst day of his life was a better man than any backstabbing little scalawag with a keyboard, who spends his life spewing out his antipathy for his neighbors.

No he wasn't.

This is the oath Robert E. Lee trashed:

"I, Robert E. Lee, appointed a Lieutenant Colonel of the Second Regt. of Cavalry in the Army of the United States, do solemnly swear, or affirm, that I will bear true allegiance to the United States of America, and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies or opposers whatsoever; and observe and obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the Officers appointed over me, according to the Rules and Articles for the government of the Armies of the United States."

Now before you beat up your keyboard saying that Lee had resigned his commission (as if that were an excuse), the record shows he took pay from the United States after he took up arms against the United States.

You better hope that the military officers today take their oaths a lot more seriously than ol' Marse Bobby did, or you may have Al Qaeda cutting your throat.

Walt

This is the oath Robert E. Lee trashed:

We've discussed all this on another thread. Or more to the point, I stripped your calumny naked, and drove it up and down the street with a horsewhip. You lost. On merit. Do you want a rematch?

Now before you beat up your keyboard saying that Lee had resigned his commission (as if that were an excuse), the record shows he took pay from the United States after he took up arms against the United States.

Nonsense, Lee is on the record as authoring his resignation from Arlington on the morning of 20 April 1861 (two days after being advised by his friend Gen. Scott to make a decision). The resignation was received on the 20th by the War Department in Washington (see chapter 25 of Robert E. Lee: A Biography by Douglas Southall Freeman for a copy). Lee wrote his wife a letter on 2 May 1861 that stated that he refused any compensation for services after 20 April (see Recollections and Letters of General Lee, by his son Capt. Robert E. Lee), writing that "he must receive no pay, if they tender it, beyond that day, but return the whole, if need be."