tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post6134207672993713775..comments2024-02-29T02:16:45.679-08:00Comments on Gladly Lerne, Gladly Teche: Statuary RapeJohn V. Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17136533410768061217noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post-42809091117249083582017-08-26T06:17:19.810-07:002017-08-26T06:17:19.810-07:00In addition to the reasons you suggest for Lee'...In addition to the reasons you suggest for Lee's decision to fight for the Confederacy, one might have been the desire to defend his native land against outside invasion. At the time loyalty to one's state was still greater than it might have been to the USA. The great majority of Confederate soldiers were not slaveowners. They fought not so much to defend slavery but to defend their native land. They lost and severe Reconstruction measures were imposed on them despite Lincoln's "with malice towards none" words.Dr. Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08469403843869655063noreply@blogger.com