Robert E. Lee Quotes
It is well that war is so terrible—we should grow too fond of it.
Robert E. Lee, 1807-1870, Confederate General-in-Chief, Letter to General Longstreet, December 13, 1862
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As influential and revered as he was, Houston would not overcome the drive for secession by the wealthy, large, slave holders of Texas.
He himself became a victim of the Civil War when Oliver Cromwell ordered him beheaded in 1658
Defending torture and other violations of civil rights by the Secret Service during the Civil War:
There were some British politicians who had considered the possibility of supporting the South in the Civil War to assure their supply of cheap cotton. Entering the war by allying with the Confederacy was also a possibility. Lincoln used this phrase and instructed Adams to use that with the British politicians as the result if England get involved with the American Civil war. It is the closest phrase to “World War” until WWI.
Robert Edward Lee was an American Confederate general best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He led the Army of Northern Virginia from 1862 until its surrender in 1865 and earned a reputation as a skilled tactician.
