In the June 1969 issue of Civil War History — Volume 5, Number 2, pages 116-132 — a renowned Southern historian attacked the legacy of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
"No single war figure stands in greater need of reevaluation than Lee," wrote Thomas L. Connelly, the late University of South Carolina professor. "One ponders whether the South may not have fared better had it possessed no Robert E. Lee."
Connelly's essay was among the first academic musket shots fired on Lee's standing as an outmatched but not outwitted military genius presiding over a Lost Cause — a reputation celebrated in fawning biographies and monuments like the one removed Friday in New Orleans.
Was General Lee overrated? Get your armchair historian on...
(Score: 2) by Immerman on Monday June 12 2017, @02:33AM (1 child)
Paid for primarily with extra taxes on the southern colonies, right?
(Score: 1, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Monday June 12 2017, @03:08AM
No, what are you, racist or something? Refugees Welcome, as some people like to say.