@BeschlossDC Didn't Pres. Carter and Congress later grant him posthumous citizenship?
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@BeschlossDC@Moonbootica Several hundred thousand died horribly, thanks to him. But not "stateless," which must've been a consolation.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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INS is TOUGH “
@BeschlossDC:post-Civil War oath GenLee signed-was still refused citizenship, died stateless in 1870: pic.twitter.com/LoGHGH6l30”
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@BeschlossDC: post-Civil War US allegiance oath Gen RE Lee signed pic.twitter.com/40R1zJ3M5r@msmeha
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@OUGradPolitico kewl!
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@BeschlossDC Being on the wrong side of history is not always determinative of a man's greatness. Even the victors make grave errors.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BeschlossDC Better than he deserved.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BeschlossDC Just can't sympathize with an Army general who took up arms against his own country.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BeschlossDC wow, cursive handwriting. This IS an historical document.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BeschlossDC@michele_norris Are you sure that he lost his citizenship in the first place? Did the United States recognize the sovereigntyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BeschlossDC Great stuff. Didn't realize he was denied citizenship.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BeschlossDC ironic he left the Union to defend Virginia, and then never got to go home to Arlington, or remain a citizen of Virginia.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BeschlossDC Wonder what part this played in taking his land for Arlington Cemetery?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BeschlossDC Fascinating stuff I never knew. Keep it coming!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@BeschlossDC not to be harsh, but he made out a lot better than most people committed treason -
@Craig_RINV@BeschlossDC THANK you! I get so tired of Southerners complaining of mistreatment after the war... lucky we didn't hang 'em!!! -
@bartleby6 true.Revisionist history makes it seem like what the South did was worthy and noble. It wasn't. Thank God Lincoln showed#grace
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@BeschlossDC Rockbridge County. Wow!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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