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Col. Robert E. Lee joins the CSA 150 years ago today
Today in U.S. Civil War History ^ | 1/3/2011 | on this day

Posted on 04/20/2011 4:48:12 PM PDT by central_va

1861 - Colonel Robert E. Lee resigned from the U.S. Army. Two days earlier he had been offered command of the Union army.


TOPICS: History; Society
KEYWORDS: civilwar; confederacy; csa; rel; republic; robertelee; south
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To: cowboyway; Vermont Lt

If the South had win we would be watching this current nightmare from afar instead of living it. That is what galls me.


81 posted on 04/23/2011 4:28:07 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
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To: cowboyway

win=won


82 posted on 04/23/2011 4:29:15 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.)
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To: rockrr
Can you honestly think of any other conflict in which the “loser” was able to contribute to the narrative as much as the American Civil War?

Which most of you revisionist/yankee mythologists find quite unsettling....

;-)

83 posted on 04/23/2011 4:50:23 PM PDT by cowboyway (Molon labe : Deo Vindice : "Rebellion is always an option!!"--Jim Robinson)
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To: Vermont Lt
See what I mean? The winners may write the history, but the Losers certainly write the mythology lol.
84 posted on 04/23/2011 4:56:20 PM PDT by rockrr ("I said that I was scared of you!" - pokie the pretend cowboy)
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To: cowboyway

In wars, might does not make right. But might wins wars.


85 posted on 04/24/2011 5:44:51 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (How long before the Mall becomes Tahifir Sq?)
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To: Vermont Lt

You’re contradicting yourself.


86 posted on 04/24/2011 9:09:18 AM PDT by cowboyway (Molon labe : Deo Vindice : "Rebellion is always an option!!"--Jim Robinson)
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To: cowboyway

How so? You are trying to get me to admit that every winner of every war was “right.” We know that to not be the case. Over history, there have been many times when the victor was the tyrant.

YOU said might makes right, I did not. I said that the victors are able to write the history. And they have.

You want to make Lee out to be a heroic figure. Some sort of Uber Leader that had all the right answers.

I feel he is a masterful tactician. Thats about it.

In the end, had he remained loyal to the country that trained him, fed him, and clothed he and his family, the war would have been over a lot faster, and thousands would have lived on both sides.

Instead, he rebelled against his country and his oath, sworn before God.


87 posted on 04/24/2011 10:46:29 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (How long before the Mall becomes Tahifir Sq?)
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To: Vermont Lt
YOU said might makes right, I did not. I said that the victors are able to write the history. And they have.

What's the difference?

In the end, had he remained loyal to the country that trained him, fed him, and clothed he and his family, the war would have been over a lot faster, and thousands would have lived on both sides. Instead, he rebelled against his country and his oath, sworn before God.

First of all, try reading Ike's words slowly and carefully:

Eisenhower Letter

Now, try to remember that the Founders were suspicious of an all powerful central government. That's the reason the Constitution was written specifically to LIMIT the power of the fed. Now, you may also recollect that the 10th Amendment was included to ensure state sovereignty and that in the days of the Founders and in the days of Lee citizens of a state were loyal to their state first and the union second.

But yet, you would ask Lee to turn his back on his family and neighbors and march at the front of a bunch of yankee rabble to lead an invasion of his own home!

Could you do such a thing?

88 posted on 04/24/2011 3:09:25 PM PDT by cowboyway (Molon labe : Deo Vindice : "Rebellion is always an option!!"--Jim Robinson)
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