Colonel Robert E. Lee USA, later General Robert E. Lee CSA, levied war upon the United States of America and gave aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States of America. General Robert E. Lee surrendered to the U.S. Army in exxcange for amnesty for acts of treason and insurrecction. Robert E. Lee subsequently in June 1865 gave an oath of allegiance to the United States of America and requested amnesty and a pardon for his acts of treason. If you cannot accept Robert E. Lee’s own written admission of treason....
I don't trust the venom in your voice. Link to the document, please.
Or to a trustworthy source -- by which I don't mean James McPherson or any of the other "Red-diaper" historians who've been running around blackguarding the South since the Progs started their move to rewrite Civil War history 20 years ago.
Cite and quote. I won't take your word for it.
Then please explain why a document signed under duress (arrest) should be considered valid by us, or by a court of law.