[stainlessbanner]

bttt

[sinanju]

Great article, but I still think he basically chose tribe over country. Not the American thing to do.

[Quix]

One of my ancestors, it turns out.

[Ultra Sonic 007]

Ping of interest.

[GVnana]

"one of the noblest Americans who ever lived, and of the greatest captains known to the annals of war" (according to Winston Churchill).

Posting that for the benefit the public-school educated who probably don't know a thing about either man.

[ravinson]

Lee would have endorsed the view of General Richard (son of Zachary) Taylor who said that he and his fellow Southerners had fought not for the preservation of slavery...

It's awfully presumptuous of the author to assume that Lee was a liar.

The current (Feb. 2009) issue of Civil War Times contains a very pursuasive article which suggests that Lee was an adamant supporter of slavery who was very hard on the slaves he held.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

I admire Lee. He, like many of his Confederate soldiers, was too good for the power-mad, slavery loving regime he felt compelled to fight for.

[Canedawg]

Lee...becomes an affront, a perfect example of Mark Twain's apothegm that "Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example."

that may also explain why so many libtard infanticiders resent Sarah Palin.

[Tax-chick]

And it’s also James’s birthday. He’s 5 today. We’re holding a school day, anyway, but everyone can watch “Gods and Generals” later.

[P8riot]

Where do these Lee detractors get off judging a 19th century man by 21st century standards? It’s as bad as the “living constitution” arguments. They both need to be judged in their contemporary contexts.