After you read that, try April 1865 by Jay Winik, one of my favorites. Despite the revisionism of today’s world, the book demonstrates just how magnanimous Grant was during Lee’s surrender and how Lee, as a result of his dignity, love for his troops and desire for unity at The War’s end, more than anyone, prevented the continuation of the Civil War through a more prolonged guerilla war. Lee unfortunately, in today’s world has gotten a really bad wrap.
I’m now reading “Lincoln’s Last Trial” and enjoying it immensely.
That sounds interesting.
Not to get into a political debate (which this question isn’t), but doesn’t the fact that Lee led the group trying to secede make him, by definition, a traitor which is the worst offender of a sovereign nation? I get the fact that the confederacy is part of the south’s history but I have struggled with the concept of honoring those who fought against the North.
You don't know your history, Lee was a traitor and reviled by Northerners. He was hated so much that the Northerners literally buried their dead on his plantation. That's what is now called Arlington National Cemetary. The revisionist history started a few years after the Confederacy's defeat. The "Lost Cause" was very effective, most people think Lee was a great man. He was not. He was a traitor.
That sounds interesting.
Not to get into a political debate (which this question isn’t), but doesn’t the fact that Lee led the group trying to secede make him, by definition, a traitor which is the worst offender of a sovereign nation? I get the fact that the confederacy is part of the south’s history but I have struggled with the concept of honoring those who fought against the North.
More rhetoric of the Lost Cause. The war was about states rights, the war wasn't about slavery, etc. Totally incorrect and thoroughly debunked by historians.
If the war was about states rights and not about slavery, why form a Confederacy with a single capital and create a new constitution that enshrined slavery. FYI, The US Constitution does not use the word "slave" or "slavery."
LMAO. You just love to spew propaganda.
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