Unlike Lincoln --Lee NEVER said anything against the african slaves--and Lee opposed slavery.Time the damyankees pardon a Great leader dont you think?
Lee was, at best, mildly opposed to slavery. Let's not make him out to be something he wasn't.
Time the damyankees pardon a Great leader dont you think?
You're a bit late. Lee was included in Andrew Johnson's Christmas pardon in 1868.
Time the damyankees pardon a Great leader dont you think?
Just finished Victor Davis Hanson's "Ripples of Battle," in which (IIRC) he talks about how, after Appomatox,there was a move in Washington towards arresting Lee and Grant personally intervened to prevent it. (Yes, I know, that was Grant).
What I have always found fascinating are the stories of the contacts re-established among old West Point classmates and Army comerades after April, 1865. For example, General George Meade (commander of the Army of the Potomac 1863-65) wanted to pay his respects to General Lee. Grant had not invited him to attend the formal surrender, so Meade rode out on his own to Lee's headquarters. Lee did not initially recognize him, and after Meade introduced himself, Lee asked him how he had all that grey in his beard. Meade replied, "You have to account for most of it."