I only got through part of this article. When it asked what Lee had done for this country and insinuated all he ever did was betray it, it exposed the authors complete lack of knowledge. The author should really do some studying about history. Lee reluctantly went to fight for his "beloved Virginia" because he did not want to fight and kill his friends and relatives. That sounds like a good reason to me. He also never owned any slaves and even went through the process of freeing his father in laws slaves after his death. That doesn't sound like a bad man. After the war, he earned the respect of the union, by working with them to bring the country back together. And the home he lived in became a cemetery called Arlington National Cemetery. I suspect the author knows none of this. When he surrendered to Grant he assured him there would be no more fighting even from  southerners who didn't want to surrender and he lived up to his word. In fact, that's why his statue is in Washington.