• hydrospanner@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    He was an absolute religious fanatic who also not only rationalized slavery into his world view, but used religion to do so.

    I won’t besmirch his talents as a military general, but I certainly would not put him on the same level as Longstreet in terms of overall respectability.