I watch the history channel often and heard a interesting statement this morning, they said that the command of the union army was first offered to Robert E. Lee!
He turned it down to lead the south because he wanted to represent his home state of I believe Virginia?--I truly believe todays youth could learn more than we were taught about history by watching the history channel. Imagine how close we possibly were to a completely different outcome in the civil war.--Oh yeah, the government took his home away from him ----his wife owned Arlington house and it was turned into the Arlington cemetery--the government supposedly did this to try to make sure Lee would never want to return,
He turned it down to lead the south because he wanted to represent his home state of I believe Virginia?--I truly believe todays youth could learn more than we were taught about history by watching the history channel. Imagine how close we possibly were to a completely different outcome in the civil war.--Oh yeah, the government took his home away from him ----his wife owned Arlington house and it was turned into the Arlington cemetery--the government supposedly did this to try to make sure Lee would never want to return,