These are all words that are closely associated with the military. When someone is part of the military they are almost put on a pedestal that separates them from the rest and from the norm. Everyone looks up to a person in uniform and everyone respects him or her. This is how Lee felt anyway. General Robert E. Lee wanted so much to have the honor and respect and prestige that goes along with being in the military, that he was willing to be a "traitor- to his country to get it. He was willing to leave his current post in the military in the north to have a higher ranking in the Confederacy. His main reasoning, although not he only reason, honor, or at least what he thought was honor.
Lee's stance on slavery was also another reason he decided to leave the Union. In 1856 he wrote a letter to his wife about everything that he was feeling and with his thoughts about what was troubling the nation. "This is the same letter with regard to Lee's views of the institution of slavery. In regard to the sectional conflict that would lead the Southern states out of the Union "ad ultimately take Lee with them "the letter commented on outgoing president Pierce's message to Congress that set forth Lee's views about slavery and the Northern agitation against the institution. Lee was in 1856 critical of "certain people of the North- who would interfere with "the domestic institutions of the South,"" an interference he perceived as "unlawful- and "intolerant- (Nolan 30-1).
While Lee was an avid Northerner and he supported the Union wholeheartedly and wanted nothing bad to come to it, he had a stance on slavery that would suggest otherwise. It is easy to see that his personal morals and beliefs played a huge role in determining his future course of action. He said it in that letter that he felt the North's opposition to slavery was "unlawful- and "intolerant."" One can see that he thought that North should be more open-minded and that they shouldn't be trying to end something that is the livelihood of a whole section of the country.
Gen. Robert E. Lee Robert E. Lee accomplished many things in his life since his birth in 1807. Many of these accomplishments have had an impact on the world today. Lee was a respected man, even during the Civil war the president and the opposing side (Union) admired him. General Robert E. Lee was...
Why Robert E. Lee Became the Symbol of the South During the 19th century, Robert E. Lee, through strategic brilliance and inspired leadership, turned the Confederate States of America from a defenseless military nation into a viable threat to the Union. Lee represented the South admirably with ...
I am doing a report on Robert E. Lee. In this report I will talk about what made his life so great, I will talk about his accomplishment and his failures, I will tell about his childhood and his manhood. Robert E. Lee was the confederates greatest general and one of the greatest generals of...
Robert Edward Lee was born on January 19, 1807, and died October 12, 1870. He was born on the Stratford Estate in Westmoreland County, Virginia to Henry "Light-Horse" Harry" Lee, a political leader and soldier, and Ann Hill Carter. His father had fought in the Revolutionary War. Robert E. Lee went t...
Robert E. Lee Early Years: Robert E. Lee was born on January 19, 1807. He was born in Stratford, Virginia. But after four years he moved from Stratford and moved to Alexandria, Virginia were he spent most of his youth. His father Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, a Revolutionary War hero, alo...
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