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True patriotism sometimes requires of men to act exactly contrary, at one period, to that which it does at another, and the motive which impels themthe desire to do rightis precisely the same.   Lee, Robert E.

Source: ROBERT E. LEE, letter to General P. G. T. Beauregard, October 3, 1865.John William Jones, Life and Letters of Robert Edward Lee, Soldier and Man, p. 390 . · This quote is about uncategorised · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation.


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Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 October 12, 1870) was a career army officer and the most successful general of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War. He eventually commanded all Confederate armies as general-in-chief. Like Hannibal earlier and Erwin Rommel later, his victories against superior forces in an ultimately losing cause won him enduring fame. After the war, he urged sectional reconciliation, and spent his final years as president of the college that would come to bear his name. Lee remains an iconic figure of the Confederacy to this day.

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