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First, Robert E. ... wife was not the granddaughter of George Washington; he fathered no [legitimate] children. Rather, Mrs. Lee was the only surviving ... Third, ... confident assertion that Lee declined command of the Union Army because he ... Bolivar Herald-Free Press:
Robert E. Lee, a man who lived his entire life in service to others. ... Offered command of the Union forces at the outset of the Civil War, he turned it down because he “could not lift his sword against the people of Virginia.” Four years he served ... SFGate:
Poor Robert E. Lee. His statues are being yanked down. His commitment to slavery is routinely denounced. Yet the Confederate general is still revered in much of the white South. As a consequence, ... willing to bet, far more Lee statues still exist ... Citizentribune:
Colonel Giltner sent Colonel Edward Trimble and approximately one hundred and fifty men from the 10th Kentucky Cavalry and the 64th Virginia Mounted Infantry to Richlands (located forty miles west of Saltville), with orders to slow the Union army down ... The Weekly Standard:
Unlike Robert E. Lee, Grant did not look or behave like the common notion of a leader. He was not tall, did not look commanding (except on a horse), and, in fact, could be called nondescript. To add to this unprepossessing profile, the usually taciturn ...and more ...
GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE EXPLAINS THE CONCEPT OF "SACRED GEOGRAPHY"
STONE WALL JACKSON
NORTH AND SOUTH - GENERAL LEE ARGUES WITH PRESIDENT DAVIS
