Remembering Robert E. Lee: American Patriot and Southern Hero

[Ravi]

Lee is lucky he wasn't hung as a traitor.

And Lincoln killed so many people he's lucky he didn't get shot.

Oh wait....he did!

That was clearly illegal. Charging Lee with treason would not have been illegal.

Lincoln wanted war and he got it. Nobody's immune from the wars they start and their consequences.

Why did he want war?

 

[saintmichaeldefendthem]

Lee is lucky he wasn't hung as a traitor.

And Lincoln killed so many people he's lucky he didn't get shot.

Oh wait....he did!

That was clearly illegal. Charging Lee with treason would not have been illegal.

Lincoln wanted war and he got it. Nobody's immune from the wars they start and their consequences.

Why did he want war?

To restore the status quo, including leaving slavery intact. Thanks for asking.

 

[Unkotare]

Lincoln wanted war and he got it. ...

Lincoln wanted to avoid war and to preserve the Union. The traitorous fools of the 'confederacy' wanted war, and they got a small portion of what they deserved for their arrogance and evil.

 

[DriftingSand]

Robert E. Lee was a great American. He deserves a holiday

CIVIL WAR OP-ED Remembering Robert E. Lee American Patriot and Southern Hero Huntington News

Sir Winston Churchill called General Robert E. Lee, “one of the noblest Americans who ever lived.”

Please let me call to your attention that Monday, January 19, 2015, is the 208th birthday of Robert E. Lee, whose memory is still dear in the hearts of many Southerners. Why is this man so honored in the South and respected in the North? Lee was even respected by the soldiers of Union blue who fought against him during the War Between the States.

What is your community doing to commemorate the birthday of this great American?

General Lee’s portrait adorns the State Capitol in Atlanta where the Georgia Division Sons of Confederate Veterans hosted their 1st Lee birthday in 1988. The SCV will host their annual Robert E. Lee birthday celebration on Saturday January 17, 2015 at Georgia’s Old Secession Capitol on Greene Street in Milledgeville. Read more at: 2015 Annual Robert E Lee Birthday Celebration

During Robert E. Lee's 100th birthday in 1907, Charles Francis Adams, Jr., a former Union Commander and grandson of US President John Quincy Adams, spoke in tribute to Robert E. Lee at Washington and Lee College's Lee Chapel in Lexington, Virginia. His speech was printed in both Northern and Southern newspapers and is said to had lifted Lee to a renewed respect among the American people.

And In Lexington, Virginia events are scheduled for the birthday of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson on January 16th and 17th. Read more at: Home - Lee-Jackson Day Lexington VA

Dr. Edward C. Smith, respected African-American Professor of History at American University in Washington, D.C. , told the audience in Atlanta, Ga. during a 1995 Robert E. Lee birthday event, quote 'Dr. Martin Luther King and Robert E. Lee were individuals worthy of emulation because they understood history.' Unquote
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Lee was a great man. A true Statesman and brilliant military tactician. Too bad we didn't have more Robert E. Lees around these days.

 

[Baruch Menachem]

Lee is lucky he wasn't hung as a traitor.

And Lincoln killed so many people he's lucky he didn't get shot.

Oh wait....he did!

That was clearly illegal. Charging Lee with treason would not have been illegal.

Lincoln wanted war and he got it. Nobody's immune from the wars they start and their consequences.

Why did he want war?

The record showed he didn't want war and bent over backwards to prevent it, going so far as giving the Chritenden plan serious plan. Thankfully, it died with Sumpter. It was Davis who insisted on war.

 

[DriftingSand]

Lincoln wanted war and he got it. ...

Lincoln wanted to avoid war and to preserve the Union. The traitorous fools of the 'confederacy' wanted war, and they got a small portion of what they deserved for their arrogance and evil.

The Southern States wanted States' Rights ... not war.

 

[Ravi]

Lee is lucky he wasn't hung as a traitor.

And Lincoln killed so many people he's lucky he didn't get shot.

Oh wait....he did!

That was clearly illegal. Charging Lee with treason would not have been illegal.

Lincoln wanted war and he got it. Nobody's immune from the wars they start and their consequences.

Why did he want war?

To restore the status quo, including leaving slavery intact. Thanks for asking.

Please be a little more detailed. Restore what status quo?

Keep in mind that there would have been no war if the southern states hadn't seceded.

 

[nodoginnafight]

bad general. Left almost 40% of his soldiers in most of his berserker battles. And why he went to Gettysburg is a mystery


Good educator though.

Seriously, you believe that? With how long and far the South went with the mass of people, money and industry in the north?

No question he screwed the pooch at Gettysburg.

I don't necessarily agree with that. He was outmanned and outgunned. If it didn't work to take the war to the North, the South was going to lose eventually for sure. He had limited options.

In bridge, if you can't calculate how you can make your contract for certain, you fall back to what would have to happen to make your contract. Say if you are North and you figure East has to have the ace of hearts you can make the contract. If West has the ace of hearts and you are set, that doesn't mean you miscalculated, it means the only shot you had failed.

Well as the survivors of Pickets charge were retreating, he was apologizing to them because HE realized he screwed the pooch.

Film Gettysburg - Television Tropes Idioms

 

[bripat9643]

Lee is lucky he wasn't hung as a traitor.

So is Cheney.

You're delusional.

 

[nodoginnafight]

Lincoln wanted war and he got it. ...

Lincoln wanted to avoid war and to preserve the Union. The traitorous fools of the 'confederacy' wanted war, and they got a small portion of what they deserved for their arrogance and evil.

The Southern States wanted States' Rights ... not war.

Then they shouldn't have fired on U.S. Troops.

(And what they wanted was slaves)

 

[kaz]

It's racist to celebrate anyone who fought for slavery.

" the only good Indian is a dead Indian", WT Sherman

I knew it was only a matter of time until the virulent anti-confederate haters chimed in.

You were expecting a large pro-slavery-defending-traitors contingent? Most Americans are glad we are one nation, under God.

How is it one nation when we are forced to remain?

Pack your bags. You are free to go any time.

What a pointless response.

 

[paperview]

The southern states wanted war long before Lincoln ever stepped into office.

 

[bripat9643]

And Lincoln killed so many people he's lucky he didn't get shot.

Oh wait....he did!

That was clearly illegal. Charging Lee with treason would not have been illegal.

Lincoln wanted war and he got it. Nobody's immune from the wars they start and their consequences.

Why did he want war?

To restore the status quo, including leaving slavery intact. Thanks for asking.

Please be a little more detailed. Restore what status quo?

Keep in mind that there would have been no war if the southern states hadn't seceded.

There would have been no war if Lincoln hadn't invaded Virginia.

 

[Unkotare]

Lincoln wanted war and he got it. ...

Lincoln wanted to avoid war and to preserve the Union. The traitorous fools of the 'confederacy' wanted war, and they got a small portion of what they deserved for their arrogance and evil.

The Southern States wanted States' Rights ... not war.

Bullshit. There was every opportunity to avoid war, but the traitors chose to start the war anyway.

 

[bripat9643]

The southern states wanted war long before Lincoln ever stepped into office.

Wrong. They wanted to secede peacefully. Lincoln wanted war. He deliberately instigated the war.

 

[Baruch Menachem]

And Lincoln killed so many people he's lucky he didn't get shot.

Oh wait....he did!

That was clearly illegal. Charging Lee with treason would not have been illegal.

Lincoln wanted war and he got it. Nobody's immune from the wars they start and their consequences.

Why did he want war?

To restore the status quo, including leaving slavery intact. Thanks for asking.

Please be a little more detailed. Restore what status quo?

Keep in mind that there would have been no war if the southern states hadn't seceded.

There would have been war no matter what happened with Lincoln's election. His base electoral pledge was no slavery in the territories. The south saw the writing on the wall. They were going to go in November. The first succession was SC in december, I believe Dec 4
The were going to to.

 

[paperview]

The southern states wanted war long before Lincoln ever stepped into office.

Wrong. They wanted to secede peacefully. Lincoln wanted war. He deliberately instigated the war.

Firing on ships and seizing forts and arsenals all across the South before Lincoln was even inaugurated isn't peacefull.

 

[bripat9643]

Lincoln wanted war and he got it. ...

Lincoln wanted to avoid war and to preserve the Union. The traitorous fools of the 'confederacy' wanted war, and they got a small portion of what they deserved for their arrogance and evil.

The Southern States wanted States' Rights ... not war.

Bullshit. There was every opportunity to avoid war, but the traitors chose to start the war anyway.

Lincoln started the war, asshole.

 

[bodecea]

That was clearly illegal. Charging Lee with treason would not have been illegal.

Lincoln wanted war and he got it. Nobody's immune from the wars they start and their consequences.

Why did he want war?

To restore the status quo, including leaving slavery intact. Thanks for asking.

Please be a little more detailed. Restore what status quo?

Keep in mind that there would have been no war if the southern states hadn't seceded.

There would have been no war if Lincoln hadn't invaded Virginia.

Wrong...the first shots were fired by the Southerners in South Carolina.....cowardly shots too.

 

[nodoginnafight]

South Carolina fired the first shots. and they did so to protect the institution of slavery:

"The General Government, as the common agent, passed laws to carry into effect these stipulations of the States. For many years these laws were executed. But an increasing hostility on the part of the non-slaveholding States to the institution of slavery, has led to a disregard of their obligations, and the laws of the General Government have ceased to effect the objects of the Constitution. "
Avalon Project - Confederate States of America - Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union

"The new Constitution has put at rest forever all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institutions—African slavery as it exists among us—the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present revolution."
- Alexander Stephens - Vice President of the Confederacy

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