Originally Posted by
spelger
Lee did not join because of states rights.
Lee also did not join because of slavery (i am assuming due to the BS comment).
Lee reluctantly joined (was asked to serve, had actually planned to enlist as a private) to defend Virginia.
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-scott
Do you ever ask yourself defend Virginia from what? Lee was a traitor.
The notion that there was a distinction between state's rights and slavery as issues was entirely a post-war invention to justify the lost cause mythology. This revisionism was so wrapped up in Jim Crow that I'm going to push back any time I see someone promoting this garbage.