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Originally posted by Mojo_PeiPei
Whats wrong with that? Robert E. Lee was one of America's most noble and Charismatic leaders. Granted he may have been ignorant in some of his views, he was for abolition. And as far as the war went for him, it was never about slavery, he could just never turn his back on Virginia, that's courage.
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Crap!! Quick...someone check to make sure that the earth is still spinning on its' axis.
I agree with Mojo_PeiPei!!
Most people assume that if the man wore gray, then he was automatically proslavery. When, in fact, the case was quite the opposite. It took tremedous courage to turn down Lincoln's offer of command over the union forces, because he couldn't raise his sword against his native Virginia.
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