And RE Lee's family opposed rebellion (Whiskey Rebellion), while Bobby Lee himself ended John Brown's rebellion, before Lee supported the Slave-holders' Rebellion.
Funny how that worked out, isn't it?
"Someone else did it too!" is not a rational rebuttal of the point.
Lincoln twice said that people had a right to gain independence if they wanted it, then he did everything he could to prevent people from gaining that independence he had previously championed. That independence he had regarded as a "sacred right."