Great Emancipator who unsuccessfully recruited Lee to attack people in the South.
Not really the case. Scott told Lincoln that Lee was, in his opinion, qualified to lead the 75,000 volunteers, that Lincoln had call for after the Confederates fired on Fort Sumter. Lincoln sent a representative to see Lee and feel him out about his intentions. Lee was never offered the position nor was he ever considered a replacement for Scott.
Lincoln made a better choice in Grant. Grant won the War, Lee was on the losing side.
“Lee was on the losing side.”
I was reminded of that just recently when I saw some U.S. personnel fleeing the embassy in Kabul by helicopter and, later, some U.S. citizens abandoned entirely.
That the U.S. federal government would bloat and fail was just a matter of time after the disaster at Appomattox. And it didn’t take 150 years to do so.
I fear it will get worse with the blue state culture in control.
“Lincoln sent a representative to see Lee and feel him out about his intentions.”
I thought I read that Scott met with Lee to discuss a possible command in the northern army.
Do you know if that is true?