I'm inclined to think that since Lee represented the aggressors in this
war, he was a murderer. He killed men who'd done him no wrong.

Yes, this is simplistic, but I do not think war justifies much, and losing
a war justifies less. Pictures I've seen of Lee after the war, usually show
a sad man. Was he grieving for the lives he took? As you said, he didn't
leave memoirs.

                                                 Anne


At 08:41 AM 3/7/03 -0500, you wrote:
>In a message dated 3/6/2003 5:21:30 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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>
>
> > No thank you, I have broader interests than to read any more about Lee. He
> > seems to be have been a good man other than his murder record as a soldier.
> > Would the war have been less bloody if he'd fought for the US as he should
> > have?
>
>Anne
>How do you rank Gen. Grant?  How about Gen. Patton?    JFK - how do you see
>the Pay of Pigs?   Nixon and LBJ with regard to Vietnam?    McArthur crossing
>the river in Korea bringing in the Chinese?  Are they all murderers as well?
>
>Tom McMahon
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