“...joins the Army of the last great republic on earth.”
You should get a job writing comedy.
Truly a great man!
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/19/the-general-in-his-study/?partner=rss&emc=rss
“The General in His Study”
By ELIZABETH BROWN PRYOR, author of “Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee through His Private Letters.”
Supporter of his state. Traitor to his oath.
The headline is factually incorrect.
Lee resigned from the US Army on April 20.
He accepted command of all VA state forces on April 23.
He did not become part of the Confederate army until June 8, when VA state forces were mustered into the Confederate army.
Robert E. Lee did not like what happened; said he would leave too because the black fellow couldn't sing in there; and the general did leave.
Another time, the General was to be in an insurance company and receive quite a stipend; however, Gen. Lee inquired what work he would do and the company said we just want your name. Because Robert E. Lee was not offered to get his hands dirty with work and was just to sit in an office doing nothing (at best), Gen. Lee turned the phony position down.
It is said that Gen. Lee said of Abraham Lincon that this man has character. The same could be said of the great General, Robert E Lee.
Thanks for posting this. :-)
Very much one of America’s great heroes. If the civil war had never happened, his exploits in the Mexican-American War are such that we would still remember the man.
If only one person can be singled out for the success of the Vera Cruz-Mexico City campaign, a strong argument can be made that he was that man. He was an action hero in the mold of Daniel Morgan, Stephen Decatur, Andrew Jackson, Daniel Boone, and Davey Crockett.
His reconaissance actions were the difference between victory and defeat on at least two occasions.
Most people also forget that Robert E Lee was one of the premier educators of his age.
He is faulted by yankees who’s fathers and grandfathers had threatened seccession themselves. You really can’t blame a Virginian for not wanting to fight Virginia.
Odd thing on these threads is that so many don't understand what a REPUBLIC is! We don't have one now, and haven't had one since the Tyrant, ol' dishonest himself, ascended his throne.
FREE DIXIE!
END THE OCCUPATION!
NO MORE MULE TIT REPUBLICANS!
"It is well that war is so terrible, lest we should grow too fond of it."
One of my distant relatives. :) A great man.
