Robert E. Lee in the Post-War Years (Lecture) 

Whatever you say about Lee, you have to begin with he was a traitor to the United States.

Hi cousin!!

It would never happen it done fit the narrative. They will paint the whole south and all our generals in a bad light.

. LEE Was a Racist Traitor- fought to preserve slavery- ownership of human beings- resulting in rape, and lynchings - celebrate that????

why am I still receiving this crap again - I do not want to receive this crap

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I know couldn't imagine America being more divided than during that time frame but it seems like now it's not just divided but fractured into a million pieces

After listening to this, I find little rationale in people that want to remove monuments to this man.

@@kevinbishop6582 because people are widely uneducated and have little knowledge of the subjects they hate so much. That's why it's so easy for a few to set the stage to get what tney want by using the weaker minds to do the work.

@@toddnelson7050 people choose to be uneducated the information is out there they just dont want to see it because it destroys there narrative of how things should be or was

You clearly dont know the meaning of the word bias

@CAT Youre not right bright are ya?

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@CAT "then you"? Hahahaha ...than you ( yes, you CAT).

Americaaa....fuck yeah ... comin thru to save the motherfuckin day yeaahh.

He was a traitor to the Union who defended Slavery. I find it sick, that people still see him as a hero and villify Grant who saved the Union. Its one thing to admire his skill and acknowledge that, but to see him as a hero is just not right.

@CAT Wow, you are completely ignorant of actual history.

@CAT You can't fix stupid, I'm sorry, but continue to live in your delusional fairy tail.

@CAT After the war, it was well documented that Northern soldiers and leaders had great respect for Lee....if the very men that fought against him had respect for the man, why can't the snowflakes of today?

This war was an embarrassment to our Country. We were at war with ourselves. Only to keep people oppressed. So why would anyone applaud a man who was cruel to people who did absolutely nothing to hurt him or our country. And about him being a christian. He was the wrong example of a Christian. Our God said love your neighbor as yourself. Know did he treat his self like he treated the slaves. Better yet would God want him to even have slaves. I hope he asked the Allmighty to forgive him for the way he oppressed God's people Before he died because it's going to come up judgement day. Everything we ever done without repenting. So please people don't follow after what was done by this man. Follow what God wants us to do. Who side are you on God's side or Robert E. Lee?

Brett Tinder He’s only considered a traitor because the south lost the war. Would you consider Washington or Madison traitors?

Robert E Lee never owned his own home. He did not inherit Stratford, his birthplace. As a youth, he, with his family, resided in homes rented from relations. Next, he went to West Point, graduated, and assumed various posts around the U.S. He came east to visit his family at Arlington House, VA, home of his in-laws. Mary, Lee's wife, inherited Arlington House where Lee continued to visit during various tours of duty around the U.S. Of course, during the war, he needed no fixed home, but Mary and daughters rented the Franklin Street home in Richmond, which is where Lee settled down for just a few short weeks in 1865 when he accepted the Washington College position. The college had, as a "perk" for its president, a home on-campus. There he resided until his death, dying in that fringe benefit from the college. Lee never owned his own home.

Nah. The United Daughters of the Confederation made it their #1 goal to get ahold of Souther textbooks to keep the lie of the Confederacy going. Look like it worked reading these comments.

The only lies and deception has been “The Lost Cause” myth by the South. They are the ones trying to create a false narrative of history. The only difference now is that a lot of people aren’t accepting it anymore and are trying to establish the true history.

Sadly human nature doesn't change. Look at today.

Lees ignorance lost the war at gettysburg

@@louisunderwood4243 Lee's better judgement didn't show up that day. Pickett's charge was not a calculated risk it was a gamble; a squandering of lives with a wild throw of the dice against an enemy that held the high ground and had the newest and latest artillery. Still, the actual number of Pickett's KIA's was 498 killed and when the wounded and/or captured is added it comes to 2,655. Over the course of the three days Confederate casualties numbered more than 28,000 so the charge was only a small part of the humiliation.The war went on for another 21 months. In my view the battle didn't mean that Lee had lost the war that day but it did mean that the eventual outcome became obvious to nearly everyone. Lee would never again invade the North and threaten Washington. European powers had been on the verge of recognizing the Conferderacy but changed their minds.The aura of invincibility that once accompanied him was lost and gone forever. Sometimes I wonder if Lee lost it on purpose because in the proverbial 20/20 hindsight he did something dumb.

Yawn

He’s too silly. Too many jokes. Annoying.

Matt is great. Yes Lee should of listened to Longstreet though. Lee did make a huge mistake but he was great.

This is so profound and I am glad I stumbled upon this quote. As we get older we intuitively realize this but not able to express it as Lee did here. Thank you

@Pennsylvania Mike I posted this on my FB and several people are sharing. I was sent this by a RU-vid acquaintance. Profound. We're living in very sad, very strange times, my friend. I have a quote that captures this so prophetically it scares me: “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue removed, every street and building renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” ~ George Orwell, 1984

Yee yee

Pennsylvania Mike I blame the FakeNews and infotainment. Great book

@CAT you subscribe to TYT, you were saying?

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how about a lecture on NAT TURNER????

PLEASE Stop SENDING ME- This CONFEDERATE BS-I am not subscribed to it - delete it -thks

Be a good idea to ARCHIVE this. It'll be scrubbed, you betcha.

re: so glad these lectures are available on RU-vid... They won't be available much longer

For now...

@@angelsaltamontes7336 ! Robert Lee my son was named after him

@Old timer hot shot Great reply!

Both good men

darkduck2000 Indeed.

1920s Agreed! As were other members of the Confederacy such as Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson and George E. Pickett.

+1920s ...how true......where do we have men of such character and devotion TODAY ?? Do they even EXIST ?? Lee shall always be an example of the highest level of character any man could ever hope to achieve....a true "Braveheart" for the ages. I pray he is NOT forgotten and removed from memory by "politically correct" fanatics who don't know their own history, and who behave as poorly as the ISIS thugs who destroy ancient temples and monuments out of pure ignorance and lack of respect.

+John Foster Men like Robert E. Lee dont exist any more I was at the Gettysburg battlefield some years ago to pay my respects. I would have gladly given my life for the Souths independence!

Too right

Remember the confederacy fought to preserve slavery while the men that fough on its side fought for their state (btw most common soldiers also fought to preserve slavery on the confederate side)

@@jonme225 BS read your history. Most Confederate Soldiers and Officers didnt own Slaves, and had no sympathy for those who did. Even Lincoln stated that he wouldnt interfere with Slavery when War broke out. Lincolns Emancipation Act later in the War, only applied to the Southern States. Are you aware that it was SLAVES who completed Washingtons White House Dome and extensions AFTER the Wars end ?

You shouldn't. Lee was a rich slaver owner who fought for his own wealth and social standing. His post war period is filled with stories about how "noble" he was, but he also put his name on a document that swore to the North that the South had come to terms with the Civil War and all the white people would never, ever think about abusing the former slaves. And that right there is what you really should know about Lee - He was either a fool who believed what everyone around him said, or a willful conman scrambling for his state's power while lying through his teeth.

@@ardshielcomplex8917 Read what the South wrote prior to and during the Civil War. They did it to keep owning people and to stay rich, and they rabble roused the non-slave owners by threatening race riots, a promise that abolition would devalue labor, and the promise of the poor one day owning slaves too.

Exactly.

Donald Miller Donnie is still obsessed with Hillary Clinton He just can't suit her !

Clinton never went to war against her own country Clinton never had black slavery whipped Clinton never invaded PA or MD And captured 1000 black Americans and marched then South to be sold as slaves When people call the Clinton's "corrupt" they seem to forget that the Clinton'sactually by choice live rather modestly They own 2 homes one bought fir 1,5 million in NY And one bought for 4.5 million in DC Money is really not something that they have ever cared about

@jrjohnryanjr What kind of toxic glue have you been sniffing to cause such widespread brain damage ?

@@jrjohnryanjr no, power

Most senior Confederate officers died in the war or shortly after. Very few survived many years later.

Woodie Thompspn honor? He broke a solemn oath he made asan officer to DEFEND the USA

Woodie Thompspn honor? He broke a solemn oath he made asan officer to DEFEND the USA

Woodie Thompspn when his rich father in law died he said he wanted his slaves freed, instead Lee decided to keep them all and had them whipped when they tried to escape I do not consider that "honorable"

@@jrjohnryanjr I'm not familiar with that but of Information what is your source of it ? From I've read there were two that actually belo ged to his wife he freed them!

@@jrjohnryanjr he did defend it o. More than one occasion was in fact a hero . The story is anti deeper as I'm sure you k now , dont want to ad mit. He was no traitor

As they should. The good deeds in life don't necessarily overwrite your largest one. This man led an army of traitors, as a traitor, to try to destroy the country in the name of slavery. over 300,000 union troops perished during the American civil war from the hands of traitors like Lee and the traitor soldiers who served under him. Too many these days forget about the absolute turmoil and wreckage our country went through over 150 years ago because revisionists want to only focus on the good rather than the absolute horrors and cruelty of a band of traitors. Too many of the problems we face in the US are still directly related to our inaction to traitors such as Lee during the reconstruction era.

He was a racist slave owning traitor. I suspect you find that reprehensible behavior acceptable.

@@frizzykid100 The war only became about slavery when Lincoln realized many enlistments were up and he had an election coming up. The war was about states rights versus the role of the federal government in our lives, genius.

@@borninvincible Uh-huh. Washington owned slaves, too. Without him in the saddle you would be speaking with an effeminate (in your case) British accent.You're a different kind of man from Lee, that's for sure.

@@frizzykid100 Name one white person ANYWHERE in the US in 1861 that would be thrilled his White daughter was involved, sexually, with a Black man. I'll wait. While you're searching for that, name one in 1961. I'll wait. Let's move to today. Name one Black sister that is thrilled to see a Black man with a White girl. Waiting. Robert E. Lee was a God-like figure that loved his state more than his country.He led men into battle, something you could never do. Was Lincoln, the Great Emancipator, racist? There are several papers of his that disparage the intellectual capacity of Black people especially related to voting. You're a self-righteous turd that harbors his own racist secrets and you try to cover it by slamming others.

This chapter has never been forgotten.

Its pretty clear where we are today

You are supposed to learn about horrible shit like this so it doesnt happen again but conservatives like to use it as a guideline.

Or what they might become tomorrow.

@@jaredadams5748 you do realize the left is literally pushing for segregation again😳

You would just be labeled racist for having it to begin with. .. 😆

@@Framer_Mike sadly

The Nation is truly collapsing. In 1860 the nation descended into Civil War over whether Slavery should be extended to its territories. Over 600,000 died in Civil War. Today the moral arguments with the Reprobates is over everything else. No war will solve this coming disintegration.

Not without a riot by liberals.

Why couldn’t you have this lecture today ?

Come on over Peter! Gettysburg awaits! Good people here to welcome you! There's a bunch of other battlefields a short drive away... Get your lily white ass over here! 8-)

Shamrockrancher I've been to Gettsyburg and found it extremely disappointing. The people from the area are basically dumb hicks who know next to nothing about the Civil War and their battle site. I found the tours to be very basic. An 8th grader could do better.

Pill Box That's sad to read! It's still on my list though. And if it's as you say, the Walmart must be spectacular to behold!

Pill Box Well I mean... it is still a functioning, modern town. I've never been and I'd like to, but that's what I would expect. Would you think the people living around Waterloo would all be French, or Coalition soldiers?

Peter Heeringa I am from Poland and and I have the same impressions about Matt and his tales, I love them and his sense of humor

Absolutly

Lee was a traitor

@@TM-vq1bf and a great general :)

@@TM-vq1bf and you're a chronic underachiever SJW. You'll never amount to shit

Slaver- and a terrible general- blew it at GETTYSBERG

Myself as Well.

Why? I have it…it’s full of horse shit.

Also "Lee's Lieutenants" (3 volumes.)

@@iflick7235 I have it plus the Freeman book!

Jokester

that makes you a direct descendant as well

@george washington Robert E Lee's wife was the great grand daughter of George and Martha Washington as well.

@jan osovsky BTW the Lord Jesus Christ is my top passion that I still read and study about.. Lee was one of the key players in a national nightmare. Shelby foote put it best. To understand where we are today as a prople you mut understand the American Civil War. It was the cross roads of our being as a prople and it was a hell of a cross roads. Lee has to be one of the most complex people from that time.

@jan osovsky Because the civil war is the most lied about event in American history.

All you really need to know is that they were all traitors.

@@jukeysimmons3589 Lincoln was the traitor. secession is an American right. He invaded the south without congressional approval suspended the writ of Habeas Corpus. Suspended the constitution. Lincoln was a dictator and an affront to the founders.

​@jan osovsky Because Hitler's grandfather never founded Israel, nor did Hitler hold the belief that it was God's divine will that the Jews should eventually be free there, so that their mistreatment didn't continue to leave an evil stain on the souls of his countrymen. Keyword there being "eventually"; Lee wasn't a perfect man and bears many disgraces of his age, including his paternalistic racism, and sometimes violent hypocrisy (e.g. Wesley Norris). At the same time, he was a man who considered himself honor-bound to fight a war he knew was doomed and deeply misguided. In the same way, he utterly opposed his own mythologizing and commemoration, aptly predicting that it would leave scars of division on a country he loved, but felt forced to oppose. From a historical point of view, I believe Lee is far more complex emotionally, philosophically and morally than any of the figures you've listed. They often lacked the internal conflict and vulnerability displayed by Lee. Even Jesus is exempt, due to virtually all accounts of him being later additions, invented decades, or sometimes centuries, after his death.

Bad times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, weak men create bad times.

This is anachronistic BULLSHIT. People are people. Leaders of people are people.

You mean the slave owners and the traitors?

INDEED.

Oh there were plenty of low caliber folks back then. Keep reading to learn more. There are some high caliber folks around now. The trick is to recognize, train, encourage & support those who are better & not just slam all politicians or other aspiring leaders.

That’s really cool, do you have any photos of him or anything?

Your family fought in a war so that they could continue own people. They're despicable and hopefully frying in the afterlife ♥

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@@alexanderbarrera9906 YOU ARE A VERY MEAN SPIRITED PERSON. GOD FORGIVES BUT YOU CAN NOT. THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A WHILE.

@@judithbishop993 I just don't like white supremacists. Not a big fan of people owning people, whipping them, breaking up their families, chopping off limbs if they try to escape. Hey if you agree with that, that's your problem.

Great human - is your white sheet with you? meeting night?

@TMWSITY You have no clue and are taking everything out of context. You're a fool.

@TMWSITY Not at all. He himself said that if every slave in America belonged to him, he would free them to prevent the war. Rather, he was advocating compromise, wisdom, and forbearance on *both* sides. Both sides agitated for war and stomped on the other side, and he clearly and rightly sees this as a mutual failure.

Robertz1986 The idiot wouldn’t understand.

@Chris Davis The US Constitution didn't forbid secession, nor had the courts ever interpreted to until years after the war. In fact, the Chief Justice even discouraged the war department from attempting to try the Confederates for treason, explaining that they would win and secession would essentially have to be declared legal. So no, the Confederates were not violating any law.

@TMWSITY He wasn't a radical abolitionist, he rather passively disapproved of slavery, and thought ending slavery was a much better alternative to civil war and the Union breaking apart. As for marrying into a slave owning family, what is the problem? Slavery had always existed, if you lived there at that time or pretty much anywhere before the 19th century,, you wouldn't have had a problem marrying into a slave owning family either.

What is there to understand about Lee.

He fought to preserve slavery and white supremacy, I understand him...

@@stikupartist3698 bless your heart.

@@chesterjade7630 bless your heart

@@guineveregruntle6746 just my heart? What about my lungs and liver?

CAT maybe he wants to enslave people

@Pennsylvania Mike absolutely! I wish l had said IT!

This is what happens when communists take power they have to destroy monumental heroes of the past. A DAM DISGRACE.

Robert was a black man know the truth

@@israelitehistorychannel9833, ?? Explain??

@@timothyblack3322 come to my page and the video will explain

Big whoop.

Very cool!❤ I wish that I had been able to attend.

copykon no but the comments are. Jesus

@CAT Where do you hang your poster of Che Guevara?

@CAT Pirate? Who taught you how to troll? My god, you even fail at that. Now you are boring me.

@CAT Ok Boomer =)

@Nobody Knows and that is how the west was won,,, Crappyforincator,,, Oregone,, Washiton,,,,

Donnie 65 (not your average guy) a sad part of our history. Half the country fighting to support the immoral conduct of slavery.

@Nobody Knows Fighting for a failed cause pushed on them by the plantation owners running the South.

Most Southerners did not own slaves. Most Slaves did not work on plantations. They worked in shops as clerks and other things. While most Southerners ran family farms. The rich had slaves working on their corporate plantations. Also most slave owners did not abuse their slaves physically. Abuse them physically and they can't work as hard. Sure if they ran away they got it. As with anything there is always evil people that abuse people physically and that is how it was with some plantations.

The slaves in US had longer life expectancies than their fellow people in Africa. Its ignorant to blame the South for Slavery when Most people did not own slaves. Also the North had slave States even under Lincoln. Other Countries had it and for most of history. African tribal chiefs were part of the slave trade selling young strong men for money and to secure their position for life. Euros started the Transatlantic slave trade. Portugal and Spain and then later on UK and more. Native Americans had their own sins. Even cannibalism and human sacrifices or other things. I'm part Cherokee and my ancestors owned some maid slaves and they lived in the same house as us and were like grandparents to kids and spanked them. We gave the last slaves their own land and that land had a well on it. They lived right beside us and did their thing and we did ours. They continued to be adopted family.

Wayne Vaughan I agree. I dint admire Lee but Ranger Atkinson’s lectures are excellent

Mary Moriarity General Lee is one of the greatest Americans to have ever lived.

Hello Wayne hope you’re having a wonderful day?

@@henryosborne7052 especially the way he liked to break up slave families so they would never see their loved ones again. www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/the-myth-of-the-kindly-general-lee/529038/

@@henryosborne7052 oh he is? I didn't realize trailer parks have internet.

LOL- Proud of that job training program for the slaves?- haha