re: Robert E. Lee has been misrepresented by regressive "historians"

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Of the 600K deaths or whatever they claim now, 400K at least were camp deaths.

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T'is the nature of the beast. THAT IS THE POINT! It is a beast which could have been reduced or avoided with different actions on Lincoln's part. Both Lincoln and his Southern counterparts massively underestimated what Civil War would bring. Lincoln et al had some expectation the war would be over shortly after the First Battle of Bull Run. Everyone was stupid in the lead up.