I remember my first visit to Lee Chapel back in 1988 I was fifteen years old I remember the statue flanked by actual Confederate battle flags from the Army of Northern Virginia the site of his tomb left me speechless Lee was a great noble patriotic God fearing man who loved his family his state and his country His brilliant tactics are still being studied in military academies all across America and beyond He should always be respected and remembered with honor Rest in peace Marse Robert
Amen! We must also remind the American people that Robert E. Lee gave the USA Army Corp of Engineers 32 years of his life. All the major water ways from the Missouri River to the Mississippi River to New Orleans, Louisiana : The Great Lakes to the St Lawrence sea way, From Fort Lee and Fort Wahington to, Norfolk, North Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina to Florida , to Mobile Bay, Alabama and building the ports along the way to accomadate USA Commerce Ships has Robert E. Lee and his team of engineers, (In which some of the engineers were black) Finger Prints and engineering skills all over them. God Bless Robert E. Lee... Lee makes USA Economy RUN Today in 2023.
I am an Black American. A museum is the right venue to place Confederate memorabilia. It is a part of American history that should be perserved, remembered, studied.
Exactly. Remembered, but not venerated. There's a huge difference between displaying Lee's uniform and saber in a museum with educational context added by the curators and a towering monument to white supremacy in the middle of a public square.
@@TheJohnnyonthespot1 you mean huge works of art in the public square? Would you want France to tear down a statue of Napolean? Go travel the world. Ghengis Kahn has a statue friend. A monument to brown supremacy, or a fabulous monument to a historical figure? Its art work memorilizing a persons place as a historical figure. Stop this childish thinking.
@@mca4093 Do you think that the statues of Saddam Hussein in Iraq and Joseph Stalin in the USSR should have been left standing all over the place in the name of "monumental architecture"? Do you think it was immoral of New Yorkers to tear down a statue of King George III in 1776 and (allegedly) render its metal into bullets for the Continental Army? If people want to take down statues of Genghis Khan I have no problem with that. Public art represents the collective memory and values of a community; it is not a neutral chronicle of history and taking it down does not cause pages to go blank in history books nor deprive the community of art, especially when new monuments are often erected in its place.
It's amazing how bankrupt this country isn't appreciation for the things we have endured or overcome!always remember if I came to your house and started a fight with you I would be viewed as the aggressor and the north came to the south to wage war!not for the freeing if slaves but because the south disnt want to be taken advantage of by a union that's only conscern for the south was that it paid its 40% taxation on the tariff of abominations!
Im from Lexington Virginia and Actually there is a battle going on now in Lexington Over the Lee chapel The board wants to change the name Of the chapel and the school And there's actually talk of removing lee from The chapel altogether and boarding up the room that has his marble circumferous And it's kind of gaining traction
They need to put back the Flags. Americans are entitled to opinion. Abraham Lincoln had no right to raise an Army against his own people because the USA is a REPUBLIC. The people Rule. And Constitution requires all 100% of the elected States Representatives to participate in the Congress Law making process. Not just the Majority. It all should have been negotiated out in the Congress. And saved over a Million American lives. Robert E. Lee was right! To stand with His Family of Virginia.
Thanks for saying that I agree All American history should be saved for the Next Generation and I'm very disappointed that all the monuments in Richmond have been taken down that doesn't help people get along better it only causes more trouble and I am from the great state of North Carolina
What about all the attroricities that he committed. Should that be told? If your going to tell it tell it all and then challenge the teaching of Black History.
YES - YES -- this part of our history should be forever kept -- Let us put Lee's slave ledgers -- or a copy -- in every school. Show in Lee's handwriting his instructions to bounty hunters to have white looking slave girl captured -- and see Lee confirm newspaper reports then of Lee's torture of that slave girl. Lee also screamed at slaves as he had them tortured. No one can teach Lee as well as Lee's slave ledgers. SO you might want to learn about about Lee's slave ledgers. He even recorded the prices he paid to buy children, and money he made selling children. Lee was not a framer -- he bought and sold humans. Or rented out women for years to work in the Deep South where slaves oven died young from overwork it he horrible heat. Humans were Lee's revenue stream.. Please write the Lee family today, and insist they release his slave ledgers to be seen. There is a book about Lee's slave ledgers, but that book does not show the pages. It does reveal Lee's tortures, and mumber of slaves, and prices he paid, and much more. But we need a museum to house the 6000 pages of Lee's papers -- shown to the public. Including payments to have slave tortured. Including instructions to bounty hunters. Including receipt from slave auctions, Including Lee's justication for the torture of slaves -- hint -- God ordained slavery, and slaves must endure painful "instruction" The torture of slaves was Lee's way to "instruct" slaves, including slave girls.
Greetings from Singapore 😊 I just discovered your channel! What a wonderful video this is! ❤️ I have three utmost respect for Gen. Robert E. Lee 🌹 May he rest in peace.
@@familytreenutshistorygenealogy Definitely my pleasure! Sorry for the typo earlier lol! Your channel is awesome! Wish I lived nearer... So many Civil War museums, locations, monuments to visit! I must have lived through it in a previous life, bcoz I'm absolutely super interested in the Civil War! 🥰
I'm sorry you enjoyed hearing o nly one side of the story. They never tell you about the mistreatment and torcher he inflicted on innocent human beings because they want you to beleive he was a man of God.
my mom and I went to Lexington some years ago and found it to be such an historical place....I have photos of the chapel and the marble monument as well as other photos....would love to go back someday and see the things I missed...:)
Many years ago when I was involved in Civil War storytelling, I visited Washington and Lee University and, of course, the chapel where General Lee is buried. The museum downstairs is just awesome. Since I love horses, once visiting Lee's family that are buried under him, , I stepped outside the glass door and saw Traveler's grave. Wonderful experience. I also visited Stonewall Jackson's grave at the cemetery, his home, and where he taught. Thank you so much for bringing back some wonderful memories. Yes, I still do some Civil War storytelling.
@@grandmarkdc6298 You are mistaken. I have told the Battle of Stone's River who several groups. However, I focus on female soldiers of the Civil War and ALL of them are true.
I am EllenJ Pickett, Robert E Lee Pickett was my great great grandfather thank you for putting together this awesome video I'm looking forward to seeing my family at Lee church
@@familytreenutshistorygenealogy thank you so very much for keeping our history alive, especially when everyone want to rewrite it,I absolutely agree with you and very grateful that of all the hard work and time that you have put into these awesome thank you so very much
My Father loved squirrels. I will never forget when I was 5 waking up because his arm wasn't around my neck making sure I didn't get up and wander because of insomnia(I used to watch the spiders make their webs instead). He was in the woods at barely daylight setting traps to catch a boy and girl squirrel. He would let them mate, remove the male and when the babies were born he helped the mother raise them up. The babies were so tame and they loved him. Once old enough he would release the mother and her offspring back into the wild slowly at first until they were comfortable. They always came back for him to hand feed them. Until their deaths.
Lee is a massive historical figure deserving of statues and musuems. A radically minded child might say he does not deserve honor and consideration. That would be rediculous. The man was against succession and had complicated feelings about the institution of slavery. Remember, he was born into that world, he did not invent it. He was in turmoil over succession because he was in fact a fan of the American Constitution and a US military man. Ultimately he joined with his beloved state of Virginia and family. Think. Learn. Contemplate. Humanize figures of the past. Learn from them. See them in context. Enjoy the beautiful works of art that memoralize their place in history. You dont have to agree with their cause. Just look at the whole picture with a mature and fair mind.
As kids growing up in the 60’s here in England, we all played at being confederate’s with our hero being Robert E Lee. Inspired me then inspires me now as a 64 year old man.
Sir, I would have to question ANYONE who would not be inspired by a man, second only to Washington, in his powerfully positive impact on American manhood.
Beautiful chapel! Thank you for making this video. You showed what an honorable man Lee was during his life and after death. It’s important we remember these historical leaders. Thank God for people like you. 👍
Lee was a traitor who led a bloody insurrection to perpetuate slavery fueled by paranoid ignoramuses who thought that a duly elected centrist president was actually a flaming radical. Lee is a villain, not an honorable man.
In my day as a student at W&L (1957-1961) the skeleton of Traveller was on full display inside of a glass display case located just outside the entrance door to Lee's office-at a much later date the bones were interred at the Chapel.
I just did a vlog there and it went viral on my channel pretty quick. The grounds are amazing and the area is just beautiful. I will be going back for a follow up soon. The chapel was closed so i didn’t get the chance to see the inside until your video. Thank you for taking us with you on this video. I really enjoyed it. Great job 👏. I love history and bringing it to the people so they can experience it also.
This might be late but I had to say I enjoyed this video. It’s very interesting that Traveller was rested right beside the beloved general, Thank you for this interesting information. May Lee rest in piece in this beautiful chapel.
Thanks for your support! Hopefully he will be remembered long into the future. No matter what side someone supported then, or now, it’s hard to deny his influence.
Great video I am James D Lee a decedent of Edmond Jennings Lee who was Robert's Uncle and I have visited the chapel many times. I always cry when I leave but it's a great resting place for my late cousin and his family.
My grandfather took me on a trip to see the sites of the army of northern Virginia. Pop took us to Fredericksburg Gettysburg Antietam Chancellorsville- Lee chapel- Jackson’s grave etc- the Salem church site was a favorite because his grandfather was in company I 8 Alabama fresh off the boat from Erin.
Wow that is a wonderful memory that you have with your Grandfather that you will always remember him by whenever those people from history are mentioned. Can you imagine how desperate you have to be to join up straight off the boat?
@@familytreenutshistorygenealogy yes it is. Pop had bought a big conversion van- he wouldn’t let me and my cousin Nathan turn on the back ac- use the Nintendo vcr and tv while driving. Papa and nana smoking up front with a small crack in the windows- ohhh the joys of childhood. I lived with headaches back then- but you couldn’t tear me away from my nana and pop though. Pop taught me or got me started in my 3 hobbies baseball, fishing and the CW. Me him and my dad always had time to throw the ball- and pop and nana never missed a game all the way up thru high school. We would fish and talk about his grandpa. He always talked about his grandpa saying they were hungry- feet bleeding but they would follow Lee every where and anywhere
@@familytreenutshistorygenealogy my pop always said right off the boat- he actually got to mobile Alabama in 1859- and joined up in 1861 for the war. He was 19. His older brother was here in mobile and the family he worked for had interests in New Orleans - which is how he ended up in the Washington artillery. Both were wounded and both made it to Appomattox
As you well know, sir, loyalty to a particular native state meant a great deal more during the ante-bellum era than it does now, to such an extent that it's difficult for us to understand. I will always remember and admire Robert E. Lee, in taking the position that he could not draw his sword against Virginia. People who have a knee jerk reaction an automatically condemn all Confederate loyalists have zero comprehension of history. In my opinion it is always a mistake to judge other eras in history by today's standards. My father did not like the Japanese, but he also served three years in places like the Philippines, New Guinea and Okinawa, during World War Two, so he saw and knew things that I do not.
They were NOT States before the Civil War, they were SOVEREIGN "Common Wealths," that were governed and FINANCIALLY BACKED by SOVEREIGN North American Extended Families. Whose Wealths backed their individual "Common Wealths." INDEPENDENTLY. Who made a pact together when they wrote their "Declaration of Independence" that they could back North America INDEPENDENTLY.. And made a Federation. This is why the USA is a "Constitutional REPUBLIC!" And the Constitution Protocol REQUIRES that all 100% of the elected "Common Wealths/later States" Representatives had to participate in the Congress "Law making PROCESS " And to be sure that a DEMOCRACY for MAJORITY to RULE was never used: The Fore Fathers made the REQUIREMENT to make LAW, that 63% of that 100% Representatives participating had to VOTE the SAME WAY, to make LAW. A 2/3rds VOTE! It was after the Civil War, that the Common Wealths were resurveyed into the now day States. Along with the rewriting of Constitution. The earliest days of the USA: it was "These United States of America." And after the Civil,War with the Rewriting of the Constitution the USA was "The United States of America." All WARS are about money and who gets to control it.
Its too bad that they are planning to rename the chapel that he had built. Thankfully, they aren't planning to change the name of the college or anything else...yet. Nice video. Alot of info was packed into just over three minutes.
Great to see inside,thanks so much for sharing this video😀👍Just to let you know that I have a section in my playlist,of videos that I have recorded,entitled,”Ireland and the U.S.Civil War”.One of the video’s is about a Confederate spy sent here to Ireland to dissuade Irishmen who were emigrating to the New World from joining the Union army.I also recorded a video of General Jackson’s supposed ancestral homestead⚔️
Thank you. Its such a pity that the very loud music spoils the experience. AND the freaking captions are ridiculous, apart from obscuring half the picture.
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To those who would destroy Confederate monuments and some who out of ignorance would destroy other monuments and the like: A nation who destroys it's history forgets where they came from and they don't know where they are going and essentially become no nation at all. More importantly, too many people want to condemn men like Lee and deny them the grace of repentance and being forgiven and yet these same people expect forgiveness and grace themselves!? We are judged by the same standards we use to judge others. Two things about Lee really stand out; (1) he was a brilliant strategist and statesman and (2) his humility and subsequent repentance after the war years and led an exemplified Christian life.
@Fritz Your point being? How many civilians did Sherman's March kill? Almost zero. How many surrendered African Americans did the Union Army summarily execute? None, unlike the hundreds executed by the Confederates. How many slave patrols did the Union army operate during the war? Zero. Were Jeff Davis, his cabinet, and generals targeted for assassination at war's end? No, but Lincoln and his circle were. And when it was over, wasn't there a massive, concerted effort at reconstruction of the South? Yes, there was. As a lifelong southerner I will say this: the treasonous white supremacist Confederacy deserved every ounce of destruction poured out upon it, and much, much more beyond that. Lincoln and the Union were in fact quite merciful by the standards of most wars.
@Fritz Jefferson Davis - in response to Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation - issued multiple proclamations of his own authorizing the summary execution of captured black soldiers in the Union Army, classifying them as insurrectionist slaves. Also see: Fort Pillow Massacre. Learn your history, please.
@Fritz LOL. I mean, how do I even respond to that comment? Yeah, sure, you don't support slavery or white supremacy and you were ignorant of Jeff Davis' order concerning black soldiers but you totally think that supposedly "resisting" black Union soldiers deserved to be killed by the honorable, trustworthy Confederate Army. Do you realize how that sounds? It sounds a lot like this: "Yeah, bro, the Waffen SS killed a bunch of Americans at Malmedy but, hey, they were resisting. No big deal."
@Fritz Haha wow. I hadn't paid any attention whatsoever to your avatar but now that I have noticed it: screw the ENTIRE Wehrmacht and the ENTIRE Confederate Army.
Another post said essentially that a museum is the only place to display General Lee. Using that logic, I would say that a museum is the only place to display Martin Luther King's historical information. General Lee IS THE GREATEST AMERICA of all time. Every city in America should have a statue of the general. First, he was adamantly opposed to slavery. He provided for the freeing of ALL his slaves using the only available method allowed at the time before the War in Democratic slave states. He went to USMA and did not receive 1 demerit. He fought bravely in the Mexican-American War. He was offered command of ALL US forces at the beginning of the War Between the States. He only turned it down because he said, "I can not fight against my own kin in Virginia." After the War, he worked tirelessly to bind the wounds between North and South. He instituted the finest honor code ever at then Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) where he was president after the War until his death in 1870. Read about General Lee in his own words and you will get to know a man admired by friend and enemy alike.
Nice video. It would have been nicer if you took the time to show the different important parts longer. I stopped the video four times to read different things.
The university considered a name change, but decided to keep Lee’s name. They changed the name of the chapel. Removed the battle flag replicas that previously hanged around “the recumbent Lee”. They no longer use the chapel for some of the programs for new students.
Lee worked to get funds and to improve the college ....I love history always have...we have so many today that absolutely have no clue yet they complain complain....I have ancestestors great, good average and bad ----Just like most currently alive and to think that your family tree only has great or good limbs is absurd. We all can learn from the past....that's how we grow and mostly do better. I think if all the ones causing problems and trying to keep us divided would actually read Lee's speeches and actions before;during; and after the WAR...they would get a very different view of Lee. Most who are all about tearing us apart using race or ethic differences don't know history ...they only want to blame and take.. most don't know that all southern states had every color and ethic people who were not slaves but free. WAR HAPPENED....because of many things and to say it was just about slavery..is absurd.
I was there in 1988 and I went back in 1997 got to see Stonewall Jackson's horse at the VMI Museum went to Stonewall Jackson's house Lee Chapel God save our history from the woke people in this country I can't wait to get back someday
Lee didnt have a plantation. He never owned his own home. Arlington was his wife's only for her life and then it was to go to Lee's oldest son so Lee never had anything except the money he made because he was a poor relative with a good name and went to the Military Academy because that was the way he could get a free education. his brother went into the Navy before him as a cabin boy and was first Commandant okf the US Naval Academy before the Civil War as well as a ships captain. Lee, by the way, served three years as Superintendent at West Point, the reason he was asked to serve as a college president after the war.
He had 3 days given to him to decide whether he would fight for the North or the South. He chose to be with his family. He was for the freedom of slaves. 🇺🇸
I learned a few days ago that Lee Harvey Oswald was related to General Robert E. Lee through his father, who was a sergeant in the U.S. Army during WWI. That means YOU are related to Oswald !!!....Ha !! 😂 Oswald's mother belonged to the Murret family in Louisiana. He had more than one close relative from that family who served as lifelong intelligence operatives. This raises many questions regarding JFKs murder. General Lee was a great man who was admired by his foes and by people around the world, including Winston Churchill who said that Lee was : " The most noble of all Americans and one of the finest military commanders in the annals of war ".
It went from 40 to 400 because the intelligent sons of the South wanted to be taught and trained by the best this whole country had to offer. Godspeed Robert E. Lee.
We have heard this a few times on different videos. For some reason the music plays louder on some devices. Our videos lately we have tried to make the music very soft.
First off there were riots in some Northern Cities abut fighting. The War was not popular until the Emancipation Proclamation. Then they signed up. As for the violence in Northern Cities. It's a problem in all major cities. it has nothing to do with Democrats or Republicans. But your attitude did lead to an Insurrection and violence right into the Capitol Building. Talk about desecrating our history!!
I think that sounds a little harsh, given the despicable context in which he was born and raised, but I essentially agree with you. W&L is a private university though, and they can venerate whomever they wish. Virginia Military Institute, right next door, is also having a hard time squaring their contribution to that ugly part of our history with their current ideals.
@@davethompson3252 The funny thing about VMI is that not only was Thomas Jackson a traitor, he was also a shitty teacher. He used to memorize his lectures and recite them verbatim. If anyone asked a question or for clarification, he just backed up and repeated himself more slowly.
@@jenniferclark3771 We just report the history, we don’t take sides as to who is right or wrong, but there are quite a few people that love the memory of this man. Once again, we are not taking a side here, just reporting.
Sounds like a "woke" person who has no clue about history but just joins in the chaos and lies. Robert E Lee was a heroic man and someone to be respected just like Lincoln, Washington, Frederick Douglas, and all the other historical statues that have been torn down due to absurd biases from people like you.
Come on! We weren’t a federalist nation at the time. People were Virginian, Georgian, etc…things were more state based and people were very loyal to their states. It annoys me beyond belief when people rant and shout about things they obviously know NOTHING about. Educate yourself.
