On 8/17/2017 2:52 PM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 8/17/17 2:02 PM, Its Me wrote:
The text below was written by Dr. Smith, who is co-director of the
Civil War Institute at American University in Washington, D.C.
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I presume Lee took an oath to defend the United States and its
Constitution. He violated that oath and fought against the United
States. By all accounts, he was a good military leader, but he fought to
maintain the vile cause of slavery and treating blacks as second-class
citizens. That vile cause took another innocent life last week. Lee was
a traitor to the United States and its people.


At one point Lincoln was willing to concede to the continued existence
of slavery in some states in order to end the war.

The Civil War was fought for more reasons than just slavery. Today's
beliefs just simplify the issue.