3rd_PA_Artillery
Cadet
- Joined
- Jun 12, 2008
- Location
- Central Pennsylvania
Suppose Robert E. Lee decided not to fight for either side and simply became Mr. Robert E. Lee. How would the war progress?
Bing!...
What if, without Lee, there is no one with the reputation and moral courage at the "end" to say, "We shall lay down our arms" and instead it becomes a multi-year guerilla war?
Not only questions arising from an earlier Confederate defeat but also:
What if the Confederacy did not do as well over-all as a result of Lee not being in command and therefore Lincoln does not feel the need to issue the emancipation proclaimation?
What if, without Lee, there is no one with the reputation and moral courage at the "end" to say, "We shall lay down our arms" and instead it becomes a multi-year guerilla war?