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re: Donald Trump: Robert E. Lee was a great General, Lincoln had a phobia he couldn't beat Lee

Posted on 10/12/18 at 10:47 pm to
Posted by Homesick Tiger
Greenbrier, AR
Member since Nov 2006
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Posted on 10/12/18 at 10:47 pm to
Didn't Lincoln ask Lee to fight for the north and Lee turned him down?
Posted by OmniPundit
Florida
Member since Sep 2018
1440 posts
Posted on 10/12/18 at 11:04 pm to
Yes. Lee was offered command of both armies.
Posted by CharlesLSU
Member since Jan 2007
31929 posts
Posted on 10/12/18 at 11:16 pm to
Yes he did.
Posted by RightHook
Member since Dec 2013
5560 posts
Posted on 10/13/18 at 12:25 am to
quote:

Didn't Lincoln ask Lee to fight for the north and Lee turned him down?


lee was ready to be the commanding general of the union army because he thought virginia would side with the union.

lee was a federalist and was for central gov't. he fought for the south because he couldn't fight against his home.

Posted by NC_Tigah
Carolinas
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 10/13/18 at 5:01 am to
quote:

Didn't Lincoln ask Lee to fight for the north and Lee turned him down?
Lincoln asked him to be Commander of the Union Armies. Had Virginia not seceded, Lee would have accepted. The CW would have been over in a year rather than 4.
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