[TheRhinelander]

That’s not the way they saw it then.

You should be grateful to Lee. The South could have engaged in a guerilla war after hostilities ended that would have lasted for decades. Lee put a stop to it and told his generals to back down.

[wideawake]

The South could have engaged in a guerilla war after hostilities ended that would have lasted for decades.

That actually happened.

It was called the Klan, and one of the South's most prominent generals, Nathan Bedford Forrest, coordinated it.

And Forrest was no piker - he was an absolutely fearless leader of men and a master organizer and tactician.

The movement did last for decades and was, at first, quite effective.

Lee put a stop to it and told his generals to back down.

Lee did refuse to involve himself in it and counseled others against it. So did Longstreet.

But many, like Forrest, ignored his advice.