Do you have a cancelled check to prove he received the monies? He was already on record stating that he would return any monies - even the entire amount if necessary.
He met with secession leaders prior to that date. That is treason.
It is? Pray tell, exactly what part of meeting with a foreign government is treason according to the Constitution? In particular, since Lee no longer owed allegiance to the United States. When was Lee's 1st action as a Confederate in their military? Notice too, in Lee's oath that he swore to "bear true allegiance to the United States of America", and that he "will serve them - an oath to the several states of the union - not an oath to a single monolithic entity.
Do you have a cancelled check to prove he received the monies? He was already on record stating that he would return any monies - even the entire amount if necessary.
Lee met with secession leaders in direct violation of his 1855 oath while still under obligation to the United States. The War Department didn't -have- to accept his resignation at all. But because of his parochial outlook, it was probably better that he leave the AUS any way.
Walt
The secessonists were levying war on the United States. Lee was their aider and abettor.
You sound like Bill Clinton trying to dodge the definition of "is".
Walt