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obamanut2012

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9. He only lost some of his property, far from all of it

Reply to bluestate10 (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 3, 2012, 06:54 PM

Dec 2012

And, he received a payment for the property later.

And was given, if I remember right, the first amnesty pardon.

He lived a full life after the War, full of privilege and honor.

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Should Robert E. Lee Have Been Tried For Treason? [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2012 OP

I am agaist the DP, but under law, he should have hanged obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #1

Wasn't Lee's property confiscated? Arlington National Cemetery sits on property once owned by Lee. n bluestate10 Dec 2012 #5

He only lost some of his property, far from all of it obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #9

He died in 1870, five years after Appomattox, Art_from_Ark Dec 2012 #24

It was actually confiscated during the war for nonpayment of taxes. MadrasT Dec 2012 #11

I believe he still lived on part of it. sweetloukillbot Dec 2012 #19

No. Lee never returned to Arlington. MadrasT Dec 2012 #22

Interesting - yet another historical urban legend. sweetloukillbot Dec 2012 #31

and strung up from the nearest tree dlwickham Dec 2012 #2

Lee, AND all the other leading figures of the Confederacy. kestrel91316 Dec 2012 #3

I voted no. bluestate10 Dec 2012 #4

He was offered generalship of the Union Army obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #10

The hindsight of history makes geniuses out of us all... Bicoastal Dec 2012 #29

No I agree with Lincoln's soft reconstruction Drale Dec 2012 #6

^^^^THIS^^^^ Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #17

That's a point that so many people here miss Art_from_Ark Dec 2012 #25

He surrendered under terms that paroled him. It's like taking a Plea deal in modern day. NutmegYankee Dec 2012 #7

I voted No, John2 Dec 2012 #21

no. there was a nation to heal. cali Dec 2012 #8

He was indicted for it.. SQUEE Dec 2012 #12

No. That would have harmed the nation's rebuilding. Fearless Dec 2012 #13

I added my voice to the "No" votes. I am reminded of the line from coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #14

Good Question sarisataka Dec 2012 #15

Lincoln knew better. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #16

Mercy. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #18

Every member of the ruling class within the confederacy should have been tried and convicted. Dawson Leery Dec 2012 #20

Unlike Stonewall Jackson, Lee was a traitor because Lee swore an oath of alliegence to byeya Dec 2012 #23

I voted no. dawg Dec 2012 #26

I didn't vote - ohheckyeah Dec 2012 #27

Wouldn't that mean you hold the whole south for treason? Not very practical if you are trying to still_one Dec 2012 #28

I voted no. The situation was so, so complicated. pangaia Dec 2012 #30

No and anyone that suggests it FARAFIELD Dec 2012 #32

I think 150 years later, it's very hard to judge the sentiment of the 1860's. HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #33

great quote there: "With malice toward none, with charity toward all" Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #34