Starbuck1975
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- Jan 6, 2005
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Lee was a brilliant Army engineer and a hero of the Mexican War. He has many claims to fame, it is unfortunate he felt a stronger loyalty to Virginia and slavery than the Union.The reason we have statues of Columbus, Jefferson, Washington & so forth isn't because they fought for the Confederacy to defend slavery. That can't be said for Lee, Davis, Forrest & the other heroes of White Supremacy. It's the only claim to fame the latter have.
Let’s also not forget that many Union officers were also heroes of manifest destiny campaigns during the Mexican and Indian wars. White supremacy was the undercurrent that gained us much of what is now the Southwest.