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Southern Style
There have been more books, pamphlets, documents, etc. written about Robert E. Lee than any other American with the exception of George Washington, another Virginian. To date not one smear or smirch is attached to his good name. What did others say of Lee: "The noblest American who ever lived and one of the greatest commanders known in the annals of war." Winston Churchill. "A nation of men of Lee's caliber would be unconquerable in spirit and soul. Indeed, to the degree that present-day American youth will strive to emulate his rare qualities, including his devotion to this land as revealed in his painstaking efforts to help heal the nation's wounds once the bitter struggle was over, we in our own time of danger in a divided world will be strengthened and our love of freedom sustained." Dwight Eisenhower "The world has never seen better soldiers than those who followed Lee; and their leader will undoubtedly rank as without exception the very greatest of all the great captains that the English-speaking peoples have brought forth." Theodore Roosevelt. "I saw in State's Rights, the only availing check upon the absolutism of the sovereign will, and secession filled me with hope, not as the destruction but as the redemption of Democracy…I deemed that you were fighting the battles of our liberty, our progress, and our civilization; and I mourn for the stake which was lost at Richmond more deeply than I rejoice over that which was saved at Waterloo." Lord Acton to R.E. Lee, 1866. "If any American father were asked which of our great men he would most want his own son to resemble, the father, if he were wise, would be compelled to answer, 'Robert E. Lee.'" Benjamin Andrews, President Brown University, 1880. What did General Lee say. "Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less." "I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness that our only hope is in God." R.E. Lee to his wife, 1862 "I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation."
Robert E. Lee, to some army chaplains. Feb. 1864.
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