Thread: Should Robert E. Lee be considered a war criminal?
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Old 02-01-2007, 10:23 AM
WilyTilt WilyTilt is offline
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Default Re: Should Robert E. Lee be considered a war criminal?
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please read anything about Lost Cause Mythology, it pretty much explains the entire reasoning for Robet E. Lee's heroic representation along with the psychology of the post civil war south

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I hadn't seen this post when I posted my long analysis of why Lee was not a great general. This is exactly what I'm referring to in terms of the revisionism that made popular view of his abilities so great.
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