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The most outstanding thing that Robert E. Lee did was to devote his best efforts to the destruction of the United States Government

The letter writer obviously did not know his history.

The CSA never sought to destroy the US government,only to secede from it.Had the South won, the US would still have existed....but somewhat smaller.

[swmobuffalo]

"The letter writer obviously did not know his history.

The CSA never sought to destroy the US government,only to secede from it.Had the South won, the US would still have existed....but somewhat smaller."

How true but most likely the letter writer wasn't taught the truth.

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The letter writer obviously did not know his history.

Probably would have preferred a picture of McClellan.

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Had the South won, the US would still have existed....but somewhat smaller.

Okay, but try this: "Had the Japanese or Germans or Russians or Al Quaida won, the US would still have existed....but somewhat smaller." I'm not saying that the analogy is exact, but wonder if people aren't extending to the Confederacy a degree of trust that they don't give to other powers that may have wanted to make our country "somewhat smaller."