[James Ewell Brown Stuart]

Robert E. Lee always called it a revolution. He fought, and he lost. Never once did he whine. When Colonel Porter Alexander wanted to disappear into the mountains to fight a guerilla war, he said no. We've been beaten. He settled down and lived his life in quiet dignity. Many of his soldiers followed his example. Lee was prepared to accept the consequences as well. He put on his best uniform before meeting Grant because he thought he could be Grant's prisoner.

What I don't understand is why you hold our forefathers in such esteem, but hold Lee in such contempt. Perhaps he committed the one sin America cannot abide. He lost.

But you can still be honorable in defeat as you are in victory.

[Non-Sequitur]

Never once did he whine.

The vast majority of the southron contingent around here could take a lesson from General Lee.

What I don't understand is why you hold our forefathers in such esteem, but hold Lee in such contempt. Perhaps he committed the one sin America cannot abide. He lost.

I don't hold Lee in any contempt at all. But I don't raise him high on the pedestal, either. He fought for what he believed in. I happen to believe that his cause was wrong, and his loyalty to state over county misplaced.