[cowboyusa]

I have an admiration for Lee because he surrendered honorably, and worked to re- unify the US. That makes him a great American

[AnAmericanMother]

Lee was a great gentleman. We need more like him, and fewer ahistorical critics who do not understand either the law or the times.

It might surprise you to learn that (prior to the revisionist view that started with Gone With the Wind) Sherman was very much liked and respected in the South. It was understood that he believed in "total war" in wartime, but "total peace" in peacetime. In fact, when one of my gg grandfathers was commander of the local UCV camp, he was invited to dinner and gave a speech and was roundly applauded. It was in the paper!

I wrote my thesis on the myths promulgated by GWTW, using another gg grandfather's letters home, which languished in my great-aunt's breakfront for 100 years or so. One of my professors quoted him in extenso in a book. He couldn't spell very well, but he was quite eloquent.