gkekoa
Well-Known Member
This is true!!
In fact given the choice Lee grappled with his loyalty to his home state (Virginia) and duty to country as illustrated by his letter for a pardon after the war. In it he wrote:
“True patriotism sometimes requires of men to act exactly contrary, at one period, to that which it does at another,”
Unfortunately, history will note that in the final analysis, he made his choice, not because he was against slavery, but because his loyalty to his home overruled loyalty to country. To suggest that he didn't know why and what his home state fought for is rewriting history.
Actually, I would say he was fighting for his country because at the time slavery was legal and Constitutional according to state rights.