Robert E. Lee was a traitor who took up arms against his country.
He was given amnesty because he admitted it and repented.
Office of Notary Public
Rockbridge, Va., October 2nd 1865
AMNESTY OATH.
I Robert E. Lee ofLexington Virginia do solemnly swear, in the presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Union of the States thereunder, and that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves, so help me God.
R E Lee
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 2nd day of October 1865
Chas. A. Davidson Notary Public
Source: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, General Records of the Department of State, RG 59.
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“Robert E. Lee was a traitor who took up arms against his country.”
Um, what country was that, exactly??
The Confederate States of America is who he supported and was a country. The United States waged war against that country.
same could said today about one who resists the current tyranny...
the civil war was in reality the second american revolution... the Southerners were just as noble as the American Patriots of 1776.
Yankees and their politics are stain upon the country and have been since day 1. Today, the same busy body Yankee element drags us into marxism. Yankee scum never let the rest of us live in peace.
Your greatest yankee hero isn’t fit to to shine the boots of a man like Lee.
After the war ended, the entire Southern Army was given amnesty. It was time to heal the wounds and reunite the country....but the question remains in my mind....was the price too high?
Each State, in ratifying the Constitution, is considered as a sovereign body, independent of all others, and only to be bound by its own voluntary act. In this relation, then, the new Constitution will, if established, be a FEDERAL, and not a NATIONAL constitution. James Madison
Not every American agrees with you. See below. Please expand on why you believe General Eisenhower supported a traitor.
Dear Dr. Scott:
Respecting your August 1 inquiry calling attention to my often expressed admiration for General Robert E. Lee, I would say, first, that we need to understand that at the time of the War between the States the issue of secession had remained unresolved for more than 70 years. Men of probity, character, public standing and unquestioned loyalty, both North and South, had disagreed over this issue as a matter of principle from the day our Constitution was adopted.
General Robert E. Lee was, in my estimation, one of the supremely gifted men produced by our Nation. He believed unswervingly in the Constitutional validity of his cause which until 1865 was still an arguable question in America; he was a poised and inspiring leader, true to the high trust reposed in him by millions of his fellow citizens; he was thoughtful yet demanding of his officers and men, forbearing with captured enemies but ingenious, unrelenting and personally courageous in battle, and never disheartened by a reverse or obstacle. Through all his many trials, he remained selfless almost to a fault and unfailing in his faith in God. Taken altogether, he was noble as a leader and as a man, and unsullied as I read the pages of our history.
From deep conviction, I simply say this: a nation of men of Lee's calibre would be unconquerable in spirit and soul. Indeed, to the degree that present-day American youth will strive to emulate his rare qualities, including his devotion to this land as revealed in his painstaking efforts to help heal the Nation's wounds once the bitter struggle was over, we, in our own time of danger in a divided world, will be strengthened and our love of freedom sustained.
Such are the reasons that I proudly display the picture of this great American on my office wall.
Sincerely,
Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Robert E. Lee was a traitor who took up arms against his country.
He was given amnesty because he admitted it and repented.”
Can you cite the sentence where he admitted to being a traitor and repented?
How did his trial for Treason turn out? For that matter, how did any treason trial for a Confederate during that era turn out?
Once a state seceded, the citizens of a State were no longer US citizens. The President of the Confederacy was never tried or convicted of Treason either. Robert E Lee's country was the Confederate States of America.
Being repeated often doesn't infer truth.
August 9, 1960
Dear Dr. Scott:
Respecting your August 1 inquiry calling attention to my often expressed admiration for General Robert E. Lee, I would say, first, that we need to understand that at the time of the War between the States the issue of secession had remained unresolved for more than 70 years. Men of probity, character, public standing and unquestioned loyalty, both North and South, had disagreed over this issue as a matter of principle from the day our Constitution was adopted.
General Robert E. Lee was, in my estimation, one of the supremely gifted men produced by our Nation. He believed unswervingly in the Constitutional validity of his cause which until 1865 was still an arguable question in America; he was a poised and inspiring leader, true to the high trust reposed in him by millions of his fellow citizens; he was thoughtful yet demanding of his officers and men, forbearing with captured enemies but ingenious, unrelenting and personally courageous in battle, and never disheartened by a reverse or obstacle. Through all his many trials, he remained selfless almost to a fault and unfailing in his faith in God. Taken altogether, he was noble as a leader and as a man, and unsullied as I read the pages of our history.
From deep conviction, I simply say this: a nation of men of Lee’s calibre would be unconquerable in spirit and soul. Indeed, to the degree that present-day American youth will strive to emulate his rare qualities, including his devotion to this land as revealed in his painstaking efforts to help heal the Nation’s wounds once the bitter struggle was over, we, in our own time of danger in a divided world, will be strengthened and our love of freedom sustained.
Such are the reasons that I proudly display the picture of this great American on my office wall.
Sincerely,
Dwight D. Eisenhower
We will need a new Robert E. Lee to get out of this mess.
And none of the confederates were prosecuted for Treason, not even Jefferson Davis, who came the closest.
Why? Because Chief Justice Salmon P Chase told Federal prosecutors that they would lose in court everything they had won on the battle field.
They wisely dropped the case and let Davis go.