You are picking a lot of nits here. If Lee had been around during the revolution, he’d likely have a monument in D.C. and his likeness would probably be on our currency. Lee turned down Scott’s offer to command the Northern Army for exactly what he is condemned for today, he didn’t want to commit treason against Virginia. In those days, state loyalty was a very big deal. I think it’s a mistake to now throw his statue into a furnace as an expression of unity.There are Confederate monuments in Mass, NY, IN, Iowa. Helena MT has one but it has been renamed. Any wild guesses how many thousands of people from MT fought for the Confederacy (or from NY, or MA)? They were propagating the lost cause myth.
Confederate Memorial Fountain (Helena, Montana) - Wikipedia
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But my point is much bigger than Lee. Those who faced the horrors of slavery, and saw thousands of humans blown to bits in the Civil War came together in respect and unity to move the nation forward—with Lincoln leading the way., The obsession with civil war monuments and names, which in my view is largely a trendy reaction to current events, is strong evidence that we lost that lovin feeling and betrays what Lincoln sought to achieve.
His untimely death costs us in many different ways.