Confederate monuments

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[NorthDallas40]

 

[Grand Vol]

That's so far off track it doesn't merit an answer.

This is why I'm not even going to attempt it.

He can't understand the way the country was at that time where loyalty to the State outweighed loyalty to the Union by a great deal.

 

[norrislakevol]

Hoo boy. Education and critical thinking can be your friends if you let them.
His country, Virginia, had legally seceded. You should look into the reason for that. He was opposed to slavery. He fought to defend Virginia, not slavery. I know that doesn't fit the pop culture narrative but it would behoove anyone to study the man's words and actions before parroting the 'fought for slavery' canard.

Lee wasn't the only one that opposed slavery in the confederate ranks. One other notable was Joseph E. Johnston. He opposed both slavery and secession. However, his loyalty to Virginia outweighed all this.

 

[LadyVolette]

Hoo boy. Education and critical thinking can be your friends if you let them.
His country, Virginia, had legally seceded. You should look into the reason for that. He was opposed to slavery. He fought to defend Virginia, not slavery. I know that doesn't fit the pop culture narrative but it would behoove anyone to study the man's words and actions before parroting the 'fought for slavery' canard.

True and on the homefront many people were defending their farms and families.. the Union was not too kind or pleasant when they came rolling into town, at that point it had little to do with slavery, and the majority of Southerners did not have slaves, they were poor white sharecroppers and it benefited them nada