[Non-Sequitur]

It is quite apparent that you have no idea if Lee was influenced by Rawle.

Nor do you. Admit it.

You do not know that to be fact.

And you don't know it to be wrong. Admit it.

The point is you are pushing a non-peer reviewed essay by an obscure writer which only quotes one source, Dudley, wherein he uses the term "probably" to summarize his work.

Which is still more than you've been able to offer in rebuttle.

More of your panic stricken efforts to mislead.

This from the master.

[StoneWall Brigade]

Quote: Rawle's view was accepted by the mass of both students and instructors (At West Point Military Academy)
That was from Charles Francis Adams grandson of President John Q. Adams

[PeaRidge]

Well, here are your assertions to carton253:

"In fact, the only confederate general or leader who might have taken that class was Albert Sidney Johnson.

That is an assertion that you cannot prove.

Another of yours:

"So if Lee ever heard of Rawle, he doesn't appear to have taken the course and could hardly be expected to be influenced by the book."

Another assertion you cannot prove.

Just keep your non-sequiturs to yourself.

[Michael.SF.]

George Washington recognized loyalty to one's country came first

And what country was Washington loyal to, the one he was born in, or the one that did not exist until he helped to form it?