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    CBS News‏Verified account @CBSNews 9 Oct 2017

    “Grant captured three Confederate armies...and yet, Lee is the one that is romanticized as a great general,” Chernow sayspic.twitter.com/HbyNC0k6kL

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      1. Black&White‏ @paulonwilliams 9 Oct 2017
        Replying to @CBSNews

        It is like saying Eisenhower and the allies won the war but Hitler is romanticised.

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      2. Ben Schaeffer‏ @AskelBen 9 Oct 2017
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        He was a great general, so was Rommel. I dont see any Rommel statues in Germany

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      4. Ben Schaeffer‏ @AskelBen 9 Oct 2017
        Replying to @CaptainQuint2 @CBSNews

        Where?

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      2. Dana‏ @danalaluna 9 Oct 2017
        Replying to @CBSNews

        Most idiotic thread ever. Ppl are literally relitigating the Civil War. In 2017. Ya'll think we STILL need to pick a side? FFS.

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      2. Tom Ehlers #resist‏ @ehlers5150_tom 9 Oct 2017
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        And Lee was a traitor!

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      2. Scott Anderson‏ @scotswa1 9 Oct 2017
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        Lee was a better general and tactician. If Lee had all the men, money and recourses the North had the south would have won.

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      3. The Lone Apple  🍎‏ @The_Lone_Apple 9 Oct 2017
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        That's like saying if reality was different, things would have been different.

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      1. johnny harrison‏ @johnnyharriso12 9 Oct 2017
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        My name is johnny ringo robert harrison from Okc,okla i am Chickasaw'Seminole bands from Oklahoma. All american indians hate this day. Liars

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      1. Brian‏ @bridoc 9 Oct 2017
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        Because Lee is celebrated for being a traitor in defense of slavery.

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      1. Bill McCurrach‏ @BillMcCurrach 9 Oct 2017
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      1. Susan Wooten‏ @SjwootenatGHS 9 Oct 2017
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        https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-myth-of-robert-e-lee-and-the-good-slave-owner?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=s2&utm_campaign=dailybeast …

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