The Lost Indictment of Robert E. Lee by John Reeves

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Pryor provides new insights on his decision to resign from the army in 1861, and offers a detailed account of the creation of Arlington National Cemetery at Lee’s former estate. As a result, the battle over the truth and legacy of one of America's defining chapters rages on in schools and dining rooms across the country. The Lost Cause notion that Lee opposed slavery is not supported by the evidence. The South lost the war itself, but the North slacked off, failing to properly support Black Americans after the smoke cleared and allowing public discourse to be poisoned with pro-South propaganda for decades. the civil war has been a passion since he first read the american picture history as an elementary school student in the 1960s. The alarming casualties do not begin to convey the horror of this battle, one of the most gruesome in American history. On the opposing side, the Union suffered 17,666 casualties. Lee and the forthcoming Raging Fire in the Wilderness: The First Deadly Clash Between Grant. Lee, who faced tremendous difficulties replacing fallen soldiers, lost 11,125 menor 17 of his entire force. john has been a teacher, editor, and writer for over 25 years. John Reeves is the author of The Lost Indictment of Robert E. lee, the forgotten case against a american icon by john reeves. Historians and educators have debating for over a century to 'untangle' myth from fact, constantly being forced to remind us that documents disproving the pillars of the Lost Cause exist in abundance, and the Confederacy wasn't a noble, Christian rebellion fighting for freedom against godless Northern hordes so much as it was a failed state run by and for treasonous, slave owners. our topic for today is the lost indictment of robert e. Lee was a fearless, brilliant, morally blemish-free leader. Proponents of the Lost Cause continue to argue the war was about state's rights, not slavery, that the Confederacy outfought the North but ran out of men, that all the good Christians were Southerners, and that Robert E.

The Lost Indictment of Robert E. Lee by John Reeves