Lee and all the confederate soldiers were pardoned by President Johnson. Confederate soldiers were authorized pensions albeit funded by their respective states. Why are we trying to revive old divisions from the Civil War? If those who were actually affected by the war could forgive one another and heal as a nation, why can’t we?
I was really pissed at Petraeus who called the Confederates “traitors.” You don’t pardon traitors, you shoot them.
Yeah that was especially rich coming from Petraeus of all people.