Civil War series - Episode 9 - Robert E. Lee: His Life and Legacy
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- James I. Robertson, Jr. and William C. Davis, Virginia Tech's distinguished author/historian team, trace the life of a man who lived by a simple code: Honor-Duty-Valor. His God of Man also became his God of battle.
Virginia had been in existence for 180 years when the United States was created. Lee family roots had been planted deep in Virginia soil for 130 of those years. Lee's father had signed the Declaration of independence; yet when the son had to make a decision between state and nation, Robert E. Lee could not forsake his birthright.
Follow the brilliant, sad, inspirational journey of Lee in this documentary. The West Point years and engineering accomplishments precede extraordinary courage in the Mexican War. It was Lee who commanded troops sent to subdue John Brown at Harper's Ferry in the 1859 raid that many consider the first shots fired in the Civil War. When that war came 18 months later Lee turned down command of all Union forces because he could not wage war against his beloved Old Dominion.
In the spring of 1862, Lee took command of the Confederate's premier fighting force. He and his Army of Northern Virginia made unforgettable history. Undersized, ill equipped, poorly fed but superbly led, "Lee's Miserables" waged one of the most valiant defenses in the history of warfare. The Seven days, Second Manassas, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness and Spottsylvania to Petersburg and Appomattox - all comprise a story of bravery and sacrifice now an integral art of the American heritage. When the cause was lost, Lee the soldier sought reconciliation by becoming Lee the educator. He accepted the presidency of impoverished Washington College in Lexington. In five years Lee made the school one of the finest liberal arts colleges in existence. Small wonder that at Lee's death in 1870, the whole nation mourned.
To this day, the Virginia soldier and American citizen remains one of history's most respected figures. @BlueRidgeStreaming
Outstanding,still in 2024 this matters
What a great series, I am a huge lover of the civil war. I wish this country wasn’t so ignorant on the civil war. History needs to be saved, not erased. Very sad how people that can care less/ignorant about this part of American history can Persuade our local/federal government from removing this part of history from all southern states. Very sad
Thank you so very much. We enjoyed producing them
When they were not States. They were SOVEREIGN "Common Wealths." Governed by SOVEREIGN North American Extended Families and Financially backed. That had signed the "Declaration of Independence," to make a pack with a Collabration that they "Together could SUSTAIN
North America "INDEPENDENTLY "Economically."
Example: Louisiana before it's Purchase from France, in 1804, by Thomas Jefferson.
The Common Wealths contained more that one state, as they are today, with different geographical boundaries and borders.
And the Signers of the "Declaration of Independence," since they were "Common Wealths," titled it as ""These" United States."
There was No "FEDERAL" anything before the Civil War.
And what Abraham Lincoln and a handful of Northern "Common Wealth" Representatives wanted was to establish the first TREASURY, by consolidating ALL the North American SOVEREIGN "Common Wealths" Wealth to make ""ONE" CENTRALIZED TREASURY." And to introduce the FIRST USA CURRENCY and put it into the Circulation with the people. But for the Treasury to be controled ONLY by the Northern "Common Wealths Representatives." For Abraham Lincoln and the HANDFUL of Northern "Common Wealths" Representatives had been going by a "Democracy" of "MAJORITY RULE, in the "Law making PROCESS, (With a "Quorum" of whomever was present and going by a Vote of 51%,) in the Congress, since Andrew Jackson days. Fully knowing that the Northern "Common Wealths" would always be the Majority, due to populations.
These RADICAL Republican Northern "Common Wealths" Representatives would write BILLs, in the Congress, that targeted the Southern "Common Wealths" commodities and assets, and declare the Bills LAW by a Majority 51% VOTE. Denying the "Southern "Common Wealths" Representatives a VOICE, a VOTE in their own GOVERNMENT, for they were the "Minority."
Alexander Stevens and John C. Calhoun said, "That this would eventually lead to WAR."
When the USA is a Constitutional REPUBLIC.. The Constitution REQUIRES 100% of the (now) States Representatives PARTICIPATION..
The Northern "Common Wealths" Representatives introduced the FIRST USA CURRENCY into circulation, with the people. Maintaing it was backed by ALL the "Common Wealths" TREASURIES. When the Southern "Common Wealths" Representatives had NOT been permitted, to Vote the Bill into LAW by the 63% Same VOTE of 100% Representatives participating..
(The Fore Father's wrote the 63% same VOTE into the Constitution. So, the Majority and the Minority would have to come to a "Consensus" for the good of ALL Americans)
The "Southern "Common Wealths" Representatives RESPONDED:
By introducing into CIRCULATION their own "COUNTERFEIT" CURRENCY, DILUTING ALL the CURRENCIES in circulation and make it WORTHLESS!
A story is told about Abraham Lincoln coming to the Congress floor and saying, "That He and his RADICAL Republican Northern "Common Wealths" Representatives would HAVE EVERY THING that THESE SOUTHERNERS OWNED ...BEFORE THEY WERE THROUGH."
The War was on..
Research the release of the First USA CURRENCY?
Each Soverign Common Wealths Extended Families each had their own CURRENCIES in circulation, through out the USA before the Civil War. And at one time the USA had as many as 5 different CURRENCIES in circulation, through out the USA.
The "Deep South" "Common Wealth" of Louisiana (Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas and the plains area) was still in use of the French CURRENCY called the "Dix." In plural Is "DIXIE." Even tho, the Louisiana purchase had been in 1804.
ALL WARS are about money/Wealth and who gets to CONTROL IT.
This is also the only area that SLAVERY, in North America was still thriving.
I dont think people want to erase it. All the people who want the statues removes say they want to see them in a museum. So they will still be around for public viewing, theyre not going anywhere.
I agree! To be fair a statue of someone does not tell the true history. I think that all the monuments should be left in place with a permanent plaque attached explaining accurately and truthfully why this person is being memorialized. What would Robert E Lee's plaque say?
@@kevinsysyn4487 I disagree, because everyone would want a different plaque. I say leave the statue up, the way it is-- otherwise, you are assuming people are too dumb to know the truth, and need your "help" by way of a plaque. I don't need a plaque.
A gentleman, a general, humble in both victory and defeat! Imagine seeing a world leader today with qualities half of that of Robert E Lee,
Thanks for sharing!
True!
…well said
Traitor
@@silverstem2964 Traitor to whom? He was forced to a decision which either way would have caused betrayal; either Virginia or the Republic had to be left in the lurch.
a good man knows when to fight, and when not to fight
My great grandfather was General Lee first cousin. He was a admirably good.
Oh, I received less knowledge of the US Civil War History in America. My best, thanks to the Virginian folks whom the patriotic young Gentlemen gave this program being possible to the public eyes in the Union States. I love great grand uncle Lee, who dreamt of freedom instead of the slavery to the African boys and girls. I love America, the beautiful.
WOW!! Beautifully done, every word, each picture, all the details. Thanksalot. Truly appreciate this presentation.
Glad you liked it!
I loved every minute of this documentary of this great man.❤
My hero General ROBERT E LEE. This should be shown in the world
Yeah, with every correction needed!
Lee was a Traitor for Slavery.
No….
@@Oystermato I'm 22 m from Canada. Robert E Lee and the confederacy were glorious af
@@danbushnell8043 whatever lmfao , he was on the wrong side of history and he lost!!! A loser
I agree, one of my heroes too.
As an Australian, I love the story and this gentleman’s accent.
What a tragedy they have taken his statues down in Virginia
A small minority of ANTI American IDIOTS that control governments are the culprits that had statures taken down. They HATE American History and accuse those of US that have lived in this country a lot long than most of them who are nothing but disgruntled jealous Traitors,.
Yes, like all Marxist influenced countries do when the communist totalitarians take over. They turn the nation, its turned officials, the brainwashed people, against its history. 'Like Marx instructed, which totally destroys the host country as we are witnessing in what remains of America.
I agree. Virginia is going downhill.
Politically motivated administrators should be ashamed; as should foolish officials who removed his portrait from the library of West Point and relegated it to "storage." He gave over 32 years of service to this nation in the military, led young men as President of West Point, and gave so much at the end of The Civil War to bring reconciliation to the nation. What an egregiously ignorant, shallow, and vapid generation is this current one. Gone is objective, cerebral scholarship; it has been replaced by emotion-laden, culture-driven, subjective "truth."
Agreed. I was very distressed when they removed his statue in Richmond. Not because I love slavery or the Confederacy (I grew up in New England, my ancestors fought for the Union), but because Lee was a man of honor and character.
Beautifully made ❤
Thank you, so very much
WHEN PRESIDENT LINCOLN ASKED HIM LEE FIGHT FOR NORTH, LEE SAID LINCOLN I CANT MY FAMILY AND ME ARE SOUTHERN THAT RIGHT THERE TELLS U HIS THE GREATEST GENERAL EVER, THEN STONE WALL JACKSON IS SECOND.🎉
What an awesome presentation...Than You
You're very welcome.
Thanks for uploading these great videos!
Glad you like them!
I've been a student of American history all my literate life and i say Robert E. Lee is the 2ndd greatest American that ever lived
Who’s first
Lee. 👍👍👍👍👍👌👌👌👌👌
Lee , Stonewall, NB Forrest , Stuart , Wade Hampton, AP hill , Jubal Early , Cleburne all among the finest generals and gentlemen the south has ever produced. We remember their sacrifices . We remember the sacrifices of our ancestors though we’ve known not the hardships they endured. I’m the 3rd great grandson of WJ Isaac Eubanks 14th SC , & John B Strickland 1st SC rifles (orr’s)
Deo vindice
@Alex Eubanks At a time when other Officers in Virginia stayed loyal to their Oaths, Country and Flag, Lee chose Treason. And why? To preserve and expand Slavery!
And Lee was a loser on the battlefield too!
Facts are stubborn things.
You worship false gods.
@Alex Eubanks David may have morned for Absolum, but I don't. 2 Sam 18:33
Lee, Stonewall, Hill, Early, etc. All took their oaths as commissioned officers in the US Army. All took the oaths to protect the US constitution, all broke their oaths.
Sorry, but it's a fact.
@@OldHeathen1963 May you be tormented in HELL,your moniker says it all. Nonbeliever!
@@rusty3968 No, they resigned before joining the Confederacy. Military oaths are only in force while one is on active duty. I served in the US Marine Corps and US Army, many years ago- under no circumstances do I (nor does anyone) still consider myself under that oath. If I were, I’d want my military pay, my free food/clothing, free housing, free travel, etc. The moment you leave active duty, the oath is null and void.
The capital. Washington, was not known as D C. then. It was simply Washington City. The designation, District of Columbia, was added after the War Between the States. The Republic was being slowly dismantled.
The “republic” was a loose confederation that was teetering on the edge of collapse before the fighting even began. All this glory bullshit gets put on its knees and obliterated through with time giving us the answers. In wars both sides commit atrocities and the reasons for them (according to those in charge of the belligerents) can be misconstrued because causation is not an important factor when it comes to suffering of the less fortunate. And by number I think we all know which part of our sacred population were victim to the majority of the sufferings during the 1800s *hint-hint
…interesting fact. I consider myself knowledgeable on the Civil War but I did not know this. Thanks for the comment and info.
The thing that makes Robbie Lee so important is that he regretted the decision to fight in the Civil War and even with being in the army. And he made a point when the cadets of the neighboring military school marched he walked out of step. It was Robbie Lee that told his men to surrender and to save their lives and to go home and be Americans again
They never stopped being Americans! You must be from above the Mason/Dixon Line-Ohio River. Am l right?
@@carywest9256 why did they call themselves Confederate you retard ? You must live in a red State controlled by complete shitbags, who do nothing for you when you vote against your own interest like a loser. You live in Tennessee ? I have is a fuel-less little kids this morning in your lovely little state. Or maybe Florida where the retards Run free
Apparently you've never read the words any of the former Confederate generals or any of the private soldiers, who wrote memoirs. you just got a big mouth and leave comments on TH-cam, cuz this is where you get your history from. Tell uncle daddy i said hi. You seem retards that say things like that are the same ones that storm the capitol on January 6th. And what we should have done has destroyed every inch on the Confederacy and every single person in it
@@carywest9256 as soon as the Confederates decided to take up arms against the United States government they were enemies of America. And you are just one more example about how people read-and-react to things but don't actually retain information
@@carywest9256 anything I said about being Americans came right from a confederate general you dumbass
i was taking a trip in my old Chevy, riding through the south I looked up on a hill, and I saw a big white house
I caught a glimpse of a bearded man, polishing his sword
I saw Robert E. Lee outside, sitting on the porch
I pulled up in the yard and saw a cotton field out back
Invited me to sit with him and share a fifth of Jack
Yeah, criss cross bars and thirteen stars blowing in the wind
He said "Save your Confederate money boy, cause the South will rise again. lyrics to " sittin up drinkin with Robert E Lee"- Rebel Son
Sadly, James Robertson has passed away, and Jack Davis is in his late 70s. When the great historians of our nation, and my generation, are gone, those who stand in such narrow-minded judgment and spew vitriolic hate toward The South will have their day. From the direction The United States is headed, I predict they will understand, too late, the true meaning and need of "states' rights and fighting for survival of home and family. The two things elemental to the human condition is that 1) history ALWAYS repeats itself, and 2) Human beings NEVER learn from history.
They don't teach history anymore. For one thing, people might find it offensive--which is laughable, why be offended at something you can't even change? More importantly, they don't teach history because it's easier to keep people down when they don't know who they are. This is a sad turn of events and it will only get worse before it gets better.
Why is a picture of his son, GWC Lee, used as his Father in the TH-cam picture?
I did only what my duty demanded I could've taken no other course without dishonor Had I to do it all over again I feel quite certain I would act in the same precise manner
General Robert E Lee
I am proud to be his relative!
Very cool! I've just gotten into our Ancestry and have been amazed at how much I did not know about my mothers side. I have 4 great grandfathers who fought in the Revolutionary War. I have not found any Civil war veterans but my wife's Great Great Grandfather enlisted in 1861 in the 7th Georgia Infantry Regiment. There he stayed for every battle until 1864 when he was wounded in his left arm (amputated) at Petersburg August 16th 1864. His records show that he retuned to his unit in January - March 1865. Which.. I find amazing as the 7th Georgia had surrendered at Appomattox under Lee's Army of Northern Virginia (3 battles away from when he was injured). He literally returned to his unit for the last 3 months of their existence AFTER they had already surrendered. This really impressed me as the 7th Georiga had participated in just about every major battle of the civil war. Antietam, Gettysburg, Harpers Ferry, Bull Run, (he was wounded at Petersburg). As a Private Infantryman I am still in awe of what he went through.
My 7x Great Grandfather was COL David Ovid Love who fought in the Revolutionary War. He was a LTC under Francis Marion which was insanely cool too me because Francis Marion (The Swamp Fox) was a fore father of modern day Rangers. I was in 3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment later becoming a Green Beret in the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne). I still admire the absolute hell my wifes Great Grandfather went through during this period.
How many times removed?
@@robf8023 My ancestor Joseph P. Willis also rode behind The Swamp Fox. He survived and led a wagon train from S.C. to Southwest Louisiana just before Jefferson bought The Louisiana Purchase. He and all the folks settled betwixt the Sabine and Calcashieu Rivers.
This was called The Neutral Ground because of disputes on the boundaries of Spain and France,then the U.S. from 1803-1836. Sam Houston settled it all when he whupped Santa Anna at San Jacinto.
@@carywest9256 That's amazing!
Wow! You are related to a traitor! Awesome... for you.
Stonewall did hesitate..ask Pickett,and the soldiers laying out in the sun for hours before the charge.
Thank you to Generals Grant, Meade, Sherman, Sheridan, and all who fought for the USA. Also, thank you to the 200,000 African Americans who fought to end African American slavery. Thank you also to Frederick Douglass and President Abraham Lincoln.
Psst, hey, what about the millions of Indians they murdered and raped! The war had nothing to do with slavery. I shake my head at the naive masses. You get back with me when you can answer honestly, ya hear me!
And... you do know the things Lincoln said about black people right? You need more prayer and understanding!
@@ROBSERVANTOFJESUSCry harder.
@willoutlaw4971: Unfortunately, people forgive Abraham Lincoln for being a product of his time much easier than any other leader of that time. The Emancipation Proclamation freed no slave, in reality. It was a political gesture on Lincoln's part to gain favor with his constituency. He did absolutely nothing to prepare 3.5 million slaves for the "freedom" of no education, no jobs, no homes, no visible means of support; he had no means to prepare and change the mentality of a nation of hypocrites in The North to accept and embrace the Black man and woman as brother and sister. Did you ever know, in your obviously shallow learning, that many Union soldiers threatened to desert because of The Emancipation Proclamation? They were livid, proclaiming "I will fight for my country and my home (exactly what Confederate soldiers proclaimed, by the way); I never signed on to fight for 'n-----s." The 13th Amendment later abolished slavery of The African-American in The South, only to replace it with another, more pervasive and insidious kind of slavery in the entire length and breadth of our society.
How Sweet the Two Angels on the iron backing of fireplace in Bedroom where he was born 7/56
Was he a Freemason?
Thank you, Frederick Douglass and President Abraham Lincoln.
Three Confederate armies surrendered to General Grant. Fort Donalson in February of 1862; Vicksburg in July of 1863, Appomattox in April of 1865.
How many Union armies surrendered to Lee? ZERO.
But a lot of individual soldiers and units did though….
12,419 Union soldiers surrendered to lees army at Harpers ferry
Give lee the resources Grant had, then let them fight it out, I’m sure we see who the better General was then!
…apples to oranges damned yankee
Don't know how these guys can say these things with a straight face. I'd rather history was erased than fabricated.
Unfortunately, you are getting both. Read more than Google. You might learn something.
I agree Robert e Lee was a great general man sure had a lot of balls these people need to be remembered for all the other contributions that they have made other than the civil war. And that totally makes sense that at the time there was no other use for African Americans other than for them to be slaves at that time
WHaT exactly do you mean by your last sentence? The chattel slaves were so much more than field hands; many were skilled workers who built this nation. I respect Robert E Lee, but lets not sanitize the fact that he was a slave owner who took up arms against the USA. That is treason. The teaching of history must cease to be so purposely submissive to the oppressive actions of those who are adored. The next time you think of the enslaved people here, know that as America ws creating this capitalitic republic, it was those in shackles that did ALL the heavy lifting to create the richest, most prosperous nation in history. Until we all see this, hypocrisy will continue to reign as the supreme ingredient in the national body we call the USA.
@@theatavist1 he was only doing what he was told
If there were no use for them then why did they forcibly bring them from Africa ?
@@leeatterberry1239 Just like the SS/Nazis in WW2
…well said
Bobby Lee isn’t gonna be your boyfriend.
Unlike most slave owners, Lee sold off family members. Imagine the agony and sorrow that filled the hearts of those poor people he held in bondage as he tore children from their families. Imagine the continual sorrow and heaviness they had to bear as he broke up those families. Yet, this author glorifies Lee as something to be respected because he "didn't tolerate abusing animals". That's like Hitler the vegetarian lecturing his guests at the dinner table on the evils of meat eating while he butchers his own citizens & innocent forced into the unjust evil war he started. I don't want to hear this bullshit about how great this traitor was. exiting out.
Thank you for your comments
Robert E Lee was a gallant Christian soldier who served his country
The marble man. The canonization of Lee is ridiculous, he was a deeply repressed and obsessive man who, were he alive today, would provide psychologists and mental health professionals with several conferences worth of work. As a general Lee was over-the-moon fortunate in the poor quality of Federal generals in the Army of the Potomac sent to oppose him, until Grant of course, although Hooker once away from Lee's reputation showed himself to be quite capable. That he was seen as near-on invincible is due to this and nothing else. As an offensive general Lee was hugely overrated, slack even. It is only as a defensive general that he is even marginally deserving of his reputation - a statement that inevitably leads his cult-like myrmidons to apoplectic fits. But worst of all is the post-war reverence thrown up over him, that he never supported slavery, that he was a staunch devotee of reunification and reconciliation, all of it rubbish. Myths are slow to die, and until Lee is finally seen as flesh and blood and fallible only then can a proper reassessment of the man minus the myth occur. Cheers!
So why are some Americans calling for the removal of statues of Robert E. Lee?
They're the libtards woke minions. Don't have a clue about history, their history Professor brainwashed them. Lemmings over the cliff!
Could be because he was a traitor to the USA ?
Good question.😢
Not the majority. And certainly not the majority of Virginians/the locations where they stand.
I read all of those compliments and they are earnest. Yet, if one looks at the constitutions definitions of treason, Lee, himself knew that it was so. He, RE Lee, agreed that it was so. He captured John Brown, convicted him of treason, and consequential hanging. The fact is: Lee was a US Army officer, Westpoint graduate, and was expected to support and defend the US constitution, not release his prisoner to Virginia's laws. The writing was on the wall with Lee
The founding Fathers all committed treason against the British. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
@@garygunter5114 Good point. The preponderance of our Founding Father's were not officers in the British army, just saying. Lee was an officer in the US Army, big difference.
Washington was never commissioned in the British Army, he certainly sought one, but he never obtained one. He was, in the colonial days, a member of the militia which obviously is not the same.
Robert Lee sought and accepted a commission from the United States Army after attending West Point. Commissioned officers are sworn to protect the US constitution, and obey their commanders, Lee did none of that; he committed treason, there's not really an argument that says different.
If Lee is a traitor then so is Washington for he was a British officer sworn to protect the King of England.
@@rusty3968 He resigned, and fought for Virginia and family.
You would go against your father and mother?
@@carywest9256 I'm not referring to his principles, rather I'm referring to the definition of treason, which and I think you must agree, treason by an officer. An oath that he took was not adhered.
George Washington, would not have supported that decision, in my opinion, because Washington would rightfully so, expected him to defend his country not just part of what he choses.
George Washington fought for a new country, Lee fought because he decided that he didn't like that his State decided (same state that Washington lived) decided that $ is freedom not people and people are not. Exactly the reason why Washington fought for independence, freedoms.
In 1866, one former slave at Arlington House, Wesley Norris, gave his testimony to the National Anti-Slavery Standard. Mr. Norris said that he and others at Arlington were indeed told by Mr. Custis they would be freed upon his death, but that Lee had told them to stay for five more years.
So Mr. Norris said he, a sister and a cousin tried to escape in 1859, but were caught. “We were tied firmly to posts by a Mr. Gwin, our overseer, who was ordered by Gen. Lee to strip us to the waist and give us fifty lashes each, excepting my sister, who received but twenty,” he said.
And when the overseer declined to wield the lash, a constable stepped up, Mr. Norris said. He added that Lee had told the constable to “lay it on well.”
Dr. Foner said that after the war, Lee did not support rights for black citizens, such as the right to vote, and was largely silent about violence perpetrated by white supremacists during Reconstruction.
Fonder is a Lincoln bootlicker. and would say anything against the South. Do your research more thoroughly before texting things you haven't a clue about.
@@carywest9256 Fact-free, research-free ad hominem rant in reply to an actual historic account.
I wouldn't take one man's story over hundreds of others that talk of Lee's good conduct.
WAY TOO MANY COMMERCIALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm so sorry. Trying to pay the bills
was it true that lee ordered runaway slaves be whipped and have salt water poured on the wounds to add to the pain
Was it true Grant had his barn buildt with slaves?
@@marknewton6984 i dont know, but grant did order jews to be dragged from their houses. I guess grant was a nazi long before there were nazis
So what your saying is the essence of the confederacy is derived from English immigrants?
Lee was the spawn of a society steeped in ignorance, greed, and avarice.
Congratulations, you've just described yourself and the modern materialist society you live in thanks to yankee political economy...
@@TexasIndependenceNow You cannot breach the contemporary tunnel vision and emotion-driven ignorance of today's "educational" system. Might as well not even engage people like this troll. Their ignorance is glaring. They have no idea that, up until the past few years, the general public and political leaders from every region of The United States, north, south, east, and west, viewed Robert E. Lee as a great man and hero. They don't even have the first clue that their thinking and learning has been shaped, led, and driven by a small faction of political thought.
Supremacist, overrated...
Thanks for your comment. Perspectives always vary on REL
Lol cry more it’s great
American hero.
All traitors
Oh yes a defender of slavery. A great man. Lost civil war too.
He freed his slaves and considered slavery a moral evil. He was a great general.
@@rachelsee9791 Tell these yankees something, they are brain-dead!
Well, at least he fought. Have you?
Why would he it’s easier to act tough on the internet
And Grant was a slave owner. Look it up.