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Showing Original Post only (View all)Should Robert E. Lee Have Been Tried For Treason? [View all]
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Wasn't Lee's property confiscated? Arlington National Cemetery sits on property once owned by Lee. n
bluestate10
Dec 2012
#5
He surrendered under terms that paroled him. It's like taking a Plea deal in modern day.
NutmegYankee
Dec 2012
#7
Every member of the ruling class within the confederacy should have been tried and convicted.
Dawson Leery
Dec 2012
#20
Unlike Stonewall Jackson, Lee was a traitor because Lee swore an oath of alliegence to
byeya
Dec 2012
#23
Wouldn't that mean you hold the whole south for treason? Not very practical if you are trying to
still_one
Dec 2012
#28
I think 150 years later, it's very hard to judge the sentiment of the 1860's.
HereSince1628
Dec 2012
#33
great quote there: "With malice toward none, with charity toward all"
Tuesday Afternoon
Dec 2012
#34