[republicanwizard]

"That question could be applied to the Founding Fathers also."

You are forgetting the justification for both men turning on their native countries.

If you would compare Washington, who fought to keep us from being enslaved, to Lee, who fought to keep men slaves, then that says more about you than the comparable justification.

[Paul C. Jesup]

You're avoiding the question.

[Central_Floridian]

Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought BOTH sides tried to avoid talking about slavery in the beginning of the Civil War.

[Lion in Winter]

Gen. Sherman was an ancestor of mine and family tradition says he liked Lee and understood his loyalty to States Rights. That being said, he wanted the Union preserved and acted to do so.

No, I just do not think he held as much grudge against Southerners, white and black who fought the Union, as do you , sir/madam as the case may be.