Robert E. Lee in the Post-War Years (Lecture)

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9 жыл бұрын

Gettysburg National Military Park Ranger Matt Atkinson examines the post-war life of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Subjects discussed include Lee's tenure at Washington College (now Washington and Lee University), his role in reconciliation, and the general's famous refusal to discuss the events of the American Civil War.

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@craigwilliamdayton 10 ай бұрын

Gettysburg is my hometown, i.e., not where I was born (Myrtle Point, OR) but where I grew up from age nine onward. As an adult, the yearly winter lecture series by the Gettysburg National Military Park was one of my favorite things to attend. I am pleased to see a presentation on KZfaq of this series, as I no longer live in Gettysburg. Ranger Matt Atkinson has a terrific personality, clearly knows his subject, and provides us with an exemplary presentation. I am grateful for it. We need more people like him to keep history accurate.

@pamelasmith1947 3 жыл бұрын

What an interesting lecture. Teachers like Matt Atkinson make history come alive. We need more like him teaching in schools and universities.

@scottbivins4758 10 ай бұрын

It would never happen it done fit the narrative. They will paint the whole south and all our generals in a bad light.

@pierrerochon7271 8 ай бұрын

. LEE Was a Racist Traitor- fought to preserve slavery- ownership of human beings- resulting in rape, and lynchings - celebrate that????

@pierrerochon7271 8 ай бұрын

why am I still receiving this crap again - I do not want to receive this crap

@amberbleu1598 25 күн бұрын

@@pierrerochon7271 💩

@alexandramorgan8037 2 жыл бұрын

Apparently, after his presidency, Eisenhower moved to Gettysburg, refusing to discuss WWII, but would hold forth about the Battle of Gettysburg. Fabulous lecture.

@thebat1048 2 жыл бұрын

I am glad that we still have the freedom to talk about things in an unbiased conversation

@joshblocker9653 2 жыл бұрын

I know couldn't imagine America being more divided than during that time frame but it seems like now it's not just divided but fractured into a million pieces

@kevinbishop6582 2 жыл бұрын

After listening to this, I find little rationale in people that want to remove monuments to this man.

@toddnelson7050 2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinbishop6582 because people are widely uneducated and have little knowledge of the subjects they hate so much. That's why it's so easy for a few to set the stage to get what tney want by using the weaker minds to do the work.

@joshblocker9653 2 жыл бұрын

@@toddnelson7050 people choose to be uneducated the information is out there they just dont want to see it because it destroys there narrative of how things should be or was

@jaredadams5748 2 жыл бұрын

You clearly dont know the meaning of the word bias

@taylorcanon8890 5 жыл бұрын

“My experience of men has neither exposed me to think worse of them, nor indisposed me to serve them, nor in spite of failures I now lament, of errors I now see and acknowledge or of the present aspect of affairs do I despair of the future. The truth is this: the march of Providence is so slow, our desires so impatient, the work of progress so immense and our means of aiding it so feeble, the life of humanity is so long, that of the individual so brief, that we often only see the ebb of the advancing wave and are thus discouraged. It is history that teaches us to hope.” -General Robert E. Lee

@cahoonm 4 жыл бұрын

This is so profound and I am glad I stumbled upon this quote. As we get older we intuitively realize this but not able to express it as Lee did here. Thank you

@cahoonm 4 жыл бұрын

@Pennsylvania Mike I posted this on my FB and several people are sharing. I was sent this by a KZfaq acquaintance. Profound. We're living in very sad, very strange times, my friend. I have a quote that captures this so prophetically it scares me: “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue removed, every street and building renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” ~ George Orwell, 1984

@americasmansman7363 4 жыл бұрын

Yee yee

@americasmansman7363 4 жыл бұрын

Pennsylvania Mike I blame the FakeNews and infotainment. Great book

@leveljoe 3 жыл бұрын

@CAT you subscribe to TYT, you were saying?

@mrsellenj.a1740 8 ай бұрын

As a great great great granddaughter of Mr, Robert E. Lee Pickett I thank you for this beautiful report of my family, it was absolutely beautiful thank you, many have the wrong idea about him and what kind of man he was, it's nice to hear positive information about my great great great grandfather I'm sure he'd be proud thank you.

@daviddalton9214 7 ай бұрын

Whatever you say about Lee, you have to begin with he was a traitor to the United States.

@JohnnyReb Ай бұрын

Hi cousin!!

@edwingaines7835 2 жыл бұрын

As a student of history regarding Robert E. Lee and grandson of a Francis Pendleton Gaines a 29 year President of Washington and Lee University,I can only applaud this presentation. It was so well thought out and delivered. I do no know why I did no find it sooner. VERY WELL Done.Thank you. Edwin M. GAINES Jr.

@KingdomCre8tive Жыл бұрын

100%

@fireguy284 2 жыл бұрын

I can't say enough about how mesmerizing this lecture was. I literally felt like I was in the presence of the late general's insights. Sadly our history has taken a backseat to lies, deception and the desire to forget it. I am so glad that no matter what we think about history, it always remains to remind us of the folly of man and ideas that we may forever be mindful of the future.

@LLC4269 Жыл бұрын

Nah. The United Daughters of the Confederation made it their #1 goal to get ahold of Souther textbooks to keep the lie of the Confederacy going. Look like it worked reading these comments.

@DoubleMrE Жыл бұрын

The only lies and deception has been “The Lost Cause” myth by the South. They are the ones trying to create a false narrative of history. The only difference now is that a lot of people aren’t accepting it anymore and are trying to establish the true history.

@marknewton6984 11 ай бұрын

Sadly human nature doesn't change. Look at today.

@gnolan4281 5 жыл бұрын

The unassuming, humorous and highly informed Matt Atkinson is a joy to watch. I don't know where the National Park Service finds people like him but the fact that people like Matt are to be found is a great source of inspiration.

@louisunderwood4243 2 жыл бұрын

Lees ignorance lost the war at gettysburg

@gnolan4281 2 жыл бұрын

@@louisunderwood4243 Lee's better judgement didn't show up that day. Pickett's charge was not a calculated risk it was a gamble; a squandering of lives with a wild throw of the dice against an enemy that held the high ground and had the newest and latest artillery. Still, the actual number of Pickett's KIA's was 498 killed and when the wounded and/or captured is added it comes to 2,655. Over the course of the three days Confederate casualties numbered more than 28,000 so the charge was only a small part of the humiliation.The war went on for another 21 months. In my view the battle didn't mean that Lee had lost the war that day but it did mean that the eventual outcome became obvious to nearly everyone. Lee would never again invade the North and threaten Washington. European powers had been on the verge of recognizing the Conferderacy but changed their minds.The aura of invincibility that once accompanied him was lost and gone forever. Sometimes I wonder if Lee lost it on purpose because in the proverbial 20/20 hindsight he did something dumb.

@robertwillett9204 Жыл бұрын

Yawn

@jeffclark7888 Жыл бұрын

He’s too silly. Too many jokes. Annoying.

@KingdomCre8tive Жыл бұрын

Matt is great. Yes Lee should of listened to Longstreet though. Lee did make a huge mistake but he was great.

@TomiKaski 3 жыл бұрын

”A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday, does not know where it is today!”

@James-gk8ip 2 жыл бұрын

This chapter has never been forgotten.

@johnjacobjingle7177 2 жыл бұрын

Its pretty clear where we are today

@jaredadams5748 2 жыл бұрын

You are supposed to learn about horrible shit like this so it doesnt happen again but conservatives like to use it as a guideline.

@williamblair9597 2 жыл бұрын

Or what they might become tomorrow.

@emilyroberts5388 2 жыл бұрын

@@jaredadams5748 you do realize the left is literally pushing for segregation again😳

@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt Жыл бұрын

This lecture here is among the best I've heard. I'm relistening it for the 2nd or 3rd time. It really transfers you in that tragic, yet fascinating, era.

@fayder743 8 ай бұрын

Best lecture on Robert E. Lee. There isn't too much out there about Lee's postwar years and this lecturer answered a lot of the questions I had been so curious about for so long. 👍🏻

@sasquatch7234 7 ай бұрын

Most senior Confederate officers died in the war or shortly after. Very few survived many years later.

@woodiethompson526 5 жыл бұрын

GENERAL LEE SAID HE WOULD SACRIFICE EVERYTHING BUT HONOR. A true gentleman !

@jrjohnryanjr 5 жыл бұрын

Woodie Thompspn honor? He broke a solemn oath he made asan officer to DEFEND the USA

@jrjohnryanjr 5 жыл бұрын

Woodie Thompspn honor? He broke a solemn oath he made asan officer to DEFEND the USA

@jrjohnryanjr 5 жыл бұрын

Woodie Thompspn when his rich father in law died he said he wanted his slaves freed, instead Lee decided to keep them all and had them whipped when they tried to escape I do not consider that "honorable"

@woodiethompson526 5 жыл бұрын

@@jrjohnryanjr I'm not familiar with that but of Information what is your source of it ? From I've read there were two that actually belo ged to his wife he freed them!

@woodiethompson526 5 жыл бұрын

@@jrjohnryanjr he did defend it o. More than one occasion was in fact a hero . The story is anti deeper as I'm sure you k now , dont want to ad mit. He was no traitor

@FoundingFathers-hb4tj 7 жыл бұрын

I can watch this lecturer all day long. He's the best in the business. 👍🏻

@mauricemussafer4294 9 ай бұрын

Absolutly

@Sheilamarie2 2 жыл бұрын

I never get tired of Civil War History/Gettysburg History, and given by Matt Atkinson, thank you Matt!

@pierrerochon7271 8 ай бұрын

how about a lecture on NAT TURNER????

@pierrerochon7271 7 ай бұрын

PLEASE Stop SENDING ME- This CONFEDERATE BS-I am not subscribed to it - delete it -thks

@charlesfritz7131 Жыл бұрын

Ranger Matt Atkinson is the best presentator on CW history around. The depth and passion he puts into his lectures , as well as his humorous anecdotes make the experience a very pleasant one.

@jasondesjardins7371 8 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad these lectures are available on KZfaq. They're such a treat. Thank you

@angelsaltamontes7336 5 жыл бұрын

Be a good idea to ARCHIVE this. It'll be scrubbed, you betcha.

@1new-man 5 жыл бұрын

re: so glad these lectures are available on KZfaq... They won't be available much longer

@30AndHatingIt 4 жыл бұрын

For now...

@charlespurka3576 4 жыл бұрын

@@angelsaltamontes7336 ! Robert Lee my son was named after him

@grandmanancy4719 4 жыл бұрын

@Old timer hot shot Great reply!

@oldmighty 9 жыл бұрын

I'm from the Netherlands and probably will never be visiting Gettysburg. But boy, do I like to hear this man tell the tale. Love his speaking and humor. Please keep on telling and posting on KZfaq Matt!

@Shamrockrancher 9 жыл бұрын

Come on over Peter! Gettysburg awaits! Good people here to welcome you! There's a bunch of other battlefields a short drive away... Get your lily white ass over here! 8-)

@Stalley75 9 жыл бұрын

Shamrockrancher I've been to Gettsyburg and found it extremely disappointing. The people from the area are basically dumb hicks who know next to nothing about the Civil War and their battle site. I found the tours to be very basic. An 8th grader could do better.

@shamrockrancher7673 9 жыл бұрын

Pill Box That's sad to read! It's still on my list though. And if it's as you say, the Walmart must be spectacular to behold!

@Edkins460 9 жыл бұрын

Pill Box Well I mean... it is still a functioning, modern town. I've never been and I'd like to, but that's what I would expect. Would you think the people living around Waterloo would all be French, or Coalition soldiers?

@TheStonedstone 9 жыл бұрын

Peter Heeringa I am from Poland and and I have the same impressions about Matt and his tales, I love them and his sense of humor

@MaryGerdt 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent History Lesson about Robert E Lee and after the Civil War 👍🏼

@artbagley1406 Жыл бұрын

Robert E Lee never owned his own home. He did not inherit Stratford, his birthplace. As a youth, he, with his family, resided in homes rented from relations. Next, he went to West Point, graduated, and assumed various posts around the U.S. He came east to visit his family at Arlington House, VA, home of his in-laws. Mary, Lee's wife, inherited Arlington House where Lee continued to visit during various tours of duty around the U.S. Of course, during the war, he needed no fixed home, but Mary and daughters rented the Franklin Street home in Richmond, which is where Lee settled down for just a few short weeks in 1865 when he accepted the Washington College position. The college had, as a "perk" for its president, a home on-campus. There he resided until his death, dying in that fringe benefit from the college. Lee never owned his own home.

@theblissfullone 3 жыл бұрын

The moment he walked through that front door for the last time with that uniform ... I think about moments like that a lot. :-) This presenter is wonderful, his mannerisms so natural and real. 🌷

@ojc147 4 жыл бұрын

I love American history. Thank you, Ranger Atkinson, for humanizing such a major American historical figure.

@VelveteenRabbit77 4 жыл бұрын

@CAT Youre not right bright are ya?

@scminka 4 жыл бұрын

@@BradWatsonMiami 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@leveljoe 3 жыл бұрын

@CAT "then you"? Hahahaha ...than you ( yes, you CAT).

@CerebralFriction 3 жыл бұрын

Americaaa....fuck yeah ... comin thru to save the motherfuckin day yeaahh.

@Alexander-bc8dh 3 жыл бұрын

He was a traitor to the Union who defended Slavery. I find it sick, that people still see him as a hero and villify Grant who saved the Union. Its one thing to admire his skill and acknowledge that, but to see him as a hero is just not right.

@toddmartin4084 4 жыл бұрын

"The War was a unnecessary condition of affairs and might of been avoided if forbearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides." General Robert E. Lee

@suleskos.2743 4 жыл бұрын

@TMWSITY You have no clue and are taking everything out of context. You're a fool.

@Robertz1986 4 жыл бұрын

@TMWSITY Not at all. He himself said that if every slave in America belonged to him, he would free them to prevent the war. Rather, he was advocating compromise, wisdom, and forbearance on *both* sides. Both sides agitated for war and stomped on the other side, and he clearly and rightly sees this as a mutual failure.

@imagrandpa 4 жыл бұрын

Robertz1986 The idiot wouldn’t understand.

@Robertz1986 4 жыл бұрын

@Chris Davis The US Constitution didn't forbid secession, nor had the courts ever interpreted to until years after the war. In fact, the Chief Justice even discouraged the war department from attempting to try the Confederates for treason, explaining that they would win and secession would essentially have to be declared legal. So no, the Confederates were not violating any law.

@Robertz1986 4 жыл бұрын

@TMWSITY He wasn't a radical abolitionist, he rather passively disapproved of slavery, and thought ending slavery was a much better alternative to civil war and the Union breaking apart. As for marrying into a slave owning family, what is the problem? Slavery had always existed, if you lived there at that time or pretty much anywhere before the 19th century,, you wouldn't have had a problem marrying into a slave owning family either.

@MMACHMP 3 жыл бұрын

My grandma was a direct descendant of Robert E Lee was very cool seeing the family tree

@awesome6486 2 жыл бұрын

that makes you a direct descendant as well

@MMACHMP 2 жыл бұрын

@george washington Robert E Lee's wife was the great grand daughter of George and Martha Washington as well.

@JEfan123 2 жыл бұрын

What a tremendous lecture. The presenter made history come alive. Thanks for having this available.

@MrBulldog1965 8 жыл бұрын

As a retired solider, of 22 years, and been in combat myself. War is terrible and people do get injured or killed. The Union and the CSA both were fighting for their own beliefs at the time from 1860-65. A nation divided can not stand for long. God Bless America!

@jimmyhaley727 5 жыл бұрын

@Nobody Knows and that is how the west was won,,, Crappyforincator,,, Oregone,, Washiton,,,,

@markjasper1127 4 жыл бұрын

Donnie 65 (not your average guy) a sad part of our history. Half the country fighting to support the immoral conduct of slavery.

@titianmom 4 жыл бұрын

@Nobody Knows Fighting for a failed cause pushed on them by the plantation owners running the South.

@Johnkoth 4 жыл бұрын

Most Southerners did not own slaves. Most Slaves did not work on plantations. They worked in shops as clerks and other things. While most Southerners ran family farms. The rich had slaves working on their corporate plantations. Also most slave owners did not abuse their slaves physically. Abuse them physically and they can't work as hard. Sure if they ran away they got it. As with anything there is always evil people that abuse people physically and that is how it was with some plantations.

@Johnkoth 4 жыл бұрын

The slaves in US had longer life expectancies than their fellow people in Africa. Its ignorant to blame the South for Slavery when Most people did not own slaves. Also the North had slave States even under Lincoln. Other Countries had it and for most of history. African tribal chiefs were part of the slave trade selling young strong men for money and to secure their position for life. Euros started the Transatlantic slave trade. Portugal and Spain and then later on UK and more. Native Americans had their own sins. Even cannibalism and human sacrifices or other things. I'm part Cherokee and my ancestors owned some maid slaves and they lived in the same house as us and were like grandparents to kids and spanked them. We gave the last slaves their own land and that land had a well on it. They lived right beside us and did their thing and we did ours. They continued to be adopted family.

@Quarton 3 жыл бұрын

My great (2x) fought under Lee, and was at Lee's surrender, while the same day, my great grandpa was born in Roanoke, Virginia. Thank you for making history come to life! (My 2nd son was born April 9, 1988, and his 2nd son, my 2nd grandson, was born April 9, 2008. So, April 9th is a meaningful day for me.)

@alanluscombe8a553 2 жыл бұрын

That’s really cool, do you have any photos of him or anything?

@alexanderbarrera9906 2 жыл бұрын

Your family fought in a war so that they could continue own people. They're despicable and hopefully frying in the afterlife ♥

@paulmaserati8330 2 жыл бұрын

🏆📄🎗𝙖𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜

@judithbishop993 2 жыл бұрын

@@alexanderbarrera9906 YOU ARE A VERY MEAN SPIRITED PERSON. GOD FORGIVES BUT YOU CAN NOT. THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A WHILE.

@alexanderbarrera9906 2 жыл бұрын

@@judithbishop993 I just don't like white supremacists. Not a big fan of people owning people, whipping them, breaking up their families, chopping off limbs if they try to escape. Hey if you agree with that, that's your problem.

@pherylihy58 Жыл бұрын

I just watched and I'm very thankful for these types of educational lectures. Thanks for putting this together and presenting it so well!

@NJCWNUT 3 жыл бұрын

I have just about read everything out there that has ever been written on REL. It wasnt till now that my 40 year search to find the real REL, where I can say I understand him a whole lot better. Thank you Matt!

@NJCWNUT 2 жыл бұрын

@jan osovsky BTW the Lord Jesus Christ is my top passion that I still read and study about.. Lee was one of the key players in a national nightmare. Shelby foote put it best. To understand where we are today as a prople you mut understand the American Civil War. It was the cross roads of our being as a prople and it was a hell of a cross roads. Lee has to be one of the most complex people from that time.

@StandWatie1862 2 жыл бұрын

@jan osovsky Because the civil war is the most lied about event in American history.

@jukeysimmons3589 2 жыл бұрын

All you really need to know is that they were all traitors.

@StandWatie1862 2 жыл бұрын

@@jukeysimmons3589 Lincoln was the traitor. secession is an American right. He invaded the south without congressional approval suspended the writ of Habeas Corpus. Suspended the constitution. Lincoln was a dictator and an affront to the founders.

@Anxiathy 2 жыл бұрын

@jan osovsky Because Hitler's grandfather never founded Israel, nor did Hitler hold the belief that it was God's divine will that the Jews should eventually be free there, so that their mistreatment didn't continue to leave an evil stain on the souls of his countrymen. Keyword there being "eventually"; Lee wasn't a perfect man and bears many disgraces of his age, including his paternalistic racism, and sometimes violent hypocrisy (e.g. Wesley Norris). At the same time, he was a man who considered himself honor-bound to fight a war he knew was doomed and deeply misguided. In the same way, he utterly opposed his own mythologizing and commemoration, aptly predicting that it would leave scars of division on a country he loved, but felt forced to oppose. From a historical point of view, I believe Lee is far more complex emotionally, philosophically and morally than any of the figures you've listed. They often lacked the internal conflict and vulnerability displayed by Lee. Even Jesus is exempt, due to virtually all accounts of him being later additions, invented decades, or sometimes centuries, after his death.

@donaldmiller8629 5 жыл бұрын

Robert E . Lee ; " I am responsible ! " Compare his statement with , " What difference does it make ? "

@TheKCaryer 5 жыл бұрын

Exactly.

@jrjohnryanjr 5 жыл бұрын

Donald Miller Donnie is still obsessed with Hillary Clinton He just can't suit her !

@jrjohnryanjr 5 жыл бұрын

Clinton never went to war against her own country Clinton never had black slavery whipped Clinton never invaded PA or MD And captured 1000 black Americans and marched then South to be sold as slaves When people call the Clinton's "corrupt" they seem to forget that the Clinton'sactually by choice live rather modestly They own 2 homes one bought fir 1,5 million in NY And one bought for 4.5 million in DC Money is really not something that they have ever cared about

@donaldmiller8629 5 жыл бұрын

@jrjohnryanjr What kind of toxic glue have you been sniffing to cause such widespread brain damage ?

@AriBenDavid 5 жыл бұрын

@@jrjohnryanjr no, power

@SanBrunoBeacon 7 жыл бұрын

Ranger Matt's lectures are outstanding! He is a bright star in the NPS universe :-)

@longsnapper5381 2 жыл бұрын

Many today would disparage this great man. I am not one of them.Great job, Ranger Matt....

@frizzykid100 2 жыл бұрын

As they should. The good deeds in life don't necessarily overwrite your largest one. This man led an army of traitors, as a traitor, to try to destroy the country in the name of slavery. over 300,000 union troops perished during the American civil war from the hands of traitors like Lee and the traitor soldiers who served under him. Too many these days forget about the absolute turmoil and wreckage our country went through over 150 years ago because revisionists want to only focus on the good rather than the absolute horrors and cruelty of a band of traitors. Too many of the problems we face in the US are still directly related to our inaction to traitors such as Lee during the reconstruction era.

@borninvincible 2 жыл бұрын

He was a racist slave owning traitor. I suspect you find that reprehensible behavior acceptable.

@longsnapper5381 2 жыл бұрын

@@frizzykid100 The war only became about slavery when Lincoln realized many enlistments were up and he had an election coming up. The war was about states rights versus the role of the federal government in our lives, genius.

@longsnapper5381 2 жыл бұрын

@@borninvincible Uh-huh. Washington owned slaves, too. Without him in the saddle you would be speaking with an effeminate (in your case) British accent.You're a different kind of man from Lee, that's for sure.

@longsnapper5381 2 жыл бұрын

@@frizzykid100 Name one white person ANYWHERE in the US in 1861 that would be thrilled his White daughter was involved, sexually, with a Black man. I'll wait. While you're searching for that, name one in 1961. I'll wait. Let's move to today. Name one Black sister that is thrilled to see a Black man with a White girl. Waiting. Robert E. Lee was a God-like figure that loved his state more than his country.He led men into battle, something you could never do. Was Lincoln, the Great Emancipator, racist? There are several papers of his that disparage the intellectual capacity of Black people especially related to voting. You're a self-righteous turd that harbors his own racist secrets and you try to cover it by slamming others.

@lennymolnar3283 Жыл бұрын

Stars and bars forever.u can tear down our staues but u will never replace us.dixeland forever.

@shirleylake7738 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mr. Atkinson for all of the details you have researched and brought forth about Robert E. LEE and the scenarios in history.

@1920s 9 жыл бұрын

"Robert E. Lee was the noblest American who had ever lived and one of the greatest commanders known to the annals of war." - Sir Winston Churchill

@darkduck-qg2so 9 жыл бұрын

Both good men

@jsmith4liberty 9 жыл бұрын

darkduck2000 Indeed.

@johncullinane5583 9 жыл бұрын

1920s Agreed! As were other members of the Confederacy such as Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson and George E. Pickett.

@johnfoster535 8 жыл бұрын

+1920s ...how true......where do we have men of such character and devotion TODAY ?? Do they even EXIST ?? Lee shall always be an example of the highest level of character any man could ever hope to achieve....a true "Braveheart" for the ages. I pray he is NOT forgotten and removed from memory by "politically correct" fanatics who don't know their own history, and who behave as poorly as the ISIS thugs who destroy ancient temples and monuments out of pure ignorance and lack of respect.

@glennbergendahl3967 8 жыл бұрын

+John Foster Men like Robert E. Lee dont exist any more I was at the Gettysburg battlefield some years ago to pay my respects. I would have gladly given my life for the Souths independence!

@retireddoc6145 2 жыл бұрын

This was an incredible lecture. Thank you Matt Atkinson for your scholarship. I wish that they still published Freeman's R.E. Lee which was an equally incredible history in 4 volumes.

@crabnutsmcgee6030 2 жыл бұрын

Why? I have it…it’s full of horse shit.

@iflick7235 11 ай бұрын

Also "Lee's Lieutenants" (3 volumes.)

@marknewton6984 11 ай бұрын

@@iflick7235 I have it plus the Freeman book!

@chuckanderson4110 5 ай бұрын

Jokester

@bobby-ov9qn 2 жыл бұрын

I am a big Robert E. Lee fan, and this presentation makes me appreciate the man even more. Than you Ranger Atkinson.

@TM-vq1bf 2 жыл бұрын

Lee was a traitor

@kev1310 2 жыл бұрын

@@TM-vq1bf and a great general :)

@tchwiss 2 жыл бұрын

@@TM-vq1bf and you're a chronic underachiever SJW. You'll never amount to shit

@pierrerochon7271 8 ай бұрын

Slaver- and a terrible general- blew it at GETTYSBERG

@bpjones2390 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you , Ranger Atkinson for this great presentation on General Lee.

@brizwaldjonson 4 жыл бұрын

@CAT Wow, you are completely ignorant of actual history.

@brizwaldjonson 4 жыл бұрын

@CAT You can't fix stupid, I'm sorry, but continue to live in your delusional fairy tail.

@springfield03sniper 4 жыл бұрын

@CAT After the war, it was well documented that Northern soldiers and leaders had great respect for Lee....if the very men that fought against him had respect for the man, why can't the snowflakes of today?

@jamesdrummond5894 4 жыл бұрын

This war was an embarrassment to our Country. We were at war with ourselves. Only to keep people oppressed. So why would anyone applaud a man who was cruel to people who did absolutely nothing to hurt him or our country. And about him being a christian. He was the wrong example of a Christian. Our God said love your neighbor as yourself. Know did he treat his self like he treated the slaves. Better yet would God want him to even have slaves. I hope he asked the Allmighty to forgive him for the way he oppressed God's people Before he died because it's going to come up judgement day. Everything we ever done without repenting. So please people don't follow after what was done by this man. Follow what God wants us to do. Who side are you on God's side or Robert E. Lee?

@ThaGlittersAintGold 3 жыл бұрын

Brett Tinder He’s only considered a traitor because the south lost the war. Would you consider Washington or Madison traitors?

@lorenheard2561 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mr.Atkinson! Much appreciation.Thank you also for making history come alive every time you give a talk.🤠🐴🐎

@annaleefinch7266 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoying this lecture about my ancestor. My great-great grandmother, Ann Lee, is a descendant of Robert E. Lee. There is a church field trip planned for July 23, 2022 to Lexington, VA to visit the church from which our organ came. Not long before my grandmother passed away, she told me that we're related to John S. Mosby aka The Grey Ghost. Viewer from Roanoke, VA

@israelitehistorychannel9833 2 жыл бұрын

Robert was a black man know the truth

@timothyblack3322 2 жыл бұрын

@@israelitehistorychannel9833, ?? Explain??

@israelitehistorychannel9833 2 жыл бұрын

@@timothyblack3322 come to my page and the video will explain

@rasheedjamal9091 Жыл бұрын

Big whoop.

@georgiapines7906 Жыл бұрын

Very cool!❤ I wish that I had been able to attend.

@hroman5 2 жыл бұрын

Six years old, and I'm so glad it's been preserved for us to view.

@wdavis6814 4 жыл бұрын

I end up listening to this talk every once in a while on youtube and it always gives me something worth hearing. Perfect!

@CJCochran0201 3 жыл бұрын

... you can say they were wrong, you can say that they lost, but you can’t say they were all bad or evil, and you can’t say they were undeserving of respect, empathy, and reunification ... I’ll always have the deepest respect and admiration for General Lee - not for everything he symbolized, but for everything he was ... he was an honorable man, and I will remember him as such ...

@edwinwise6751 3 жыл бұрын

My family has been in Virginia for 200+ years, and I was born there . Lee and his cohorts were traitors and all should be put on trial. for the carnage and death they unleashed on this country to preserve the economic advantages of free labor. Slavery is a birth defect of this country’s founding that plagues us to this day. A lot of the constitutional flaws were added to insure the south would join the union, and we are still paying for it. I am particularly struck by how quick lee shifts to the forgive and forget mode. Using this model there would statues of hitler all over Germany, These people were creeps and no amount of time will change that . It’s not well known but a lot of southerners had no use for the confederacy, slavery or the war and were victims of geography. It’s amazing how doing the wrong thing can haunt you forever

@mikeharper3459 3 жыл бұрын

Edwin Wise amen

@mikeharper3459 3 жыл бұрын

Christopher Cochran he was a white supremacist

@Cosigner22 3 жыл бұрын

@Abel D Bunker @CAT Have either of y'all ever studied why he finally chose to fight against the North. How long he struggled with what to do because he was torn between the Union and his home country of Virginia? The reasons for his decision? You have both made it abundantly clear, the answers to my questions.

@marknewton6984 11 ай бұрын

Very good points.

@natedog1619 2 жыл бұрын

The firewood bomb story is legendary, thanks for sharing Ranger Atkinson

@davehaag8175 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome...just AWESOME!!! That you to all the people whom keep history alive!!! God bless!!!

@brt-jn7kg 4 жыл бұрын

My dear friend it is so refreshing to find someone in this day and age who has the ability to effectively communicate knows the subject matter in a personal manner and take the ability and time To investigate it. I would say that in his time 1865 to 1870. No other American work harder to reconcile this country than General Robert E Lee.

@russellkandalaft1381 2 жыл бұрын

I’m sure he did, but why are we still so divided. A war over slavery.

@OO-nb2kt 2 жыл бұрын

@@russellkandalaft1381 because of racist people like these confederate simpatizases

@brt-jn7kg 5 ай бұрын

@@russellkandalaft1381will my friend it wasn't a war over slavery. It was no more war over slavery than the invasion of Iraq was over weapons of mass destruction. That was a political Ploy just like invading Iraq was for weapons of mass destruction the reason that it is so hard for us in the South to forgive that war is what was done off the battlefield. Losing the battles is not hard for a southerner to swallow it is what was done to our women folk and our families during Sherman's ride to the ocean and during the reconstruction with the carpetbaggers. A lot of people don't know the raping the pillaging the stealing and the all-out murder that took place against the Innocents in the South by the Yankee invader. Also what really pisses me off is here we are 161 years later about to do the same goddamn thing again and no one in government is standing up to stop it

@wandajones4063 3 жыл бұрын

As a Virginian I thank you for this video on Lee. Especially now with all this heartbreaking memorial destruction in Richmond my hometown. Why can't beloved Virginia/civil war history be left alone? To me, personally, it's disgusting!

@patrickjohnnybobbin7323 3 жыл бұрын

I agree it is disgusting, they the left are destroying monuments and written past history so they can rewrite thier perverted versions for coming generations . Let's stop these evil BASTARDS now

@pattijesinoski1958 3 жыл бұрын

Agree. And i'm from the north.

@stevenspicer14 3 жыл бұрын

Why do traitors deserve monuments at all? If the commander of the North Carolina National Guard rallied his troops and stormed Ft Bragg and murdered thousands of Army service members, would you build him a monument?

@doliver859 3 жыл бұрын

Because you. Will not find anyone that did more in reuniting the country. Maybe you should learn about Lee before you cast aspersions on a man that chose to defend his home (that's 100%of the reason that Lee chose Virginia). Learn from qctual experts on Lee instead if the warped view in the media. Here I'll get you started....60 years of research on the subject on the stage here. There is a reason that Lee is widely held in high esteem m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qp-Tlryq0byno2g.html m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/otKdoddmma-qhp8.html

@stevenspicer14 3 жыл бұрын

@@doliver859 you can rationalize until the cows come home. I’m sure you’ve read the articles of secession. That was the cause that Lee and his home fought for. The right to own slaves... “the greatest material interest in the world” and the protection of $ 3,000,000,000 of southern “property”, yes, they’re referring to human beings. For that, his home declared that the “Constitution of the United States of America is no longer binding on any of the citizens of this State” and he went to war against it. I’ll also refer you to the definition of Treason, and that makes him a traitor, no matter how you may try to spin it. I’m not saying he doesn’t belong in the history books, and he may have done good things in addition to his leading a war against the United States. But we should not be building statues that honor traitors and acts of treason.

@martystanley4036 2 жыл бұрын

Great lecture I have listened to it 7 times Matt always brings interest to the topics on the war between the states

@thomasjackson3123 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, just found this. Big Matt fan, and RE Lee ! Go to all his anniversary battlefield walks, Thank you for this. Lee was a great General and great human.

@pierrerochon7271 8 ай бұрын

Great human - is your white sheet with you? meeting night?

@Agben35 4 жыл бұрын

Always like to hear Matt's lectures. Lots of good information I had not heard before in this talk. Thanks!

@ardshielcomplex8917 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful lecture, there are many of us in Australia who admire R E Lee.

@ripme6616 3 жыл бұрын

Too right

@jonme225 3 жыл бұрын

Remember the confederacy fought to preserve slavery while the men that fough on its side fought for their state (btw most common soldiers also fought to preserve slavery on the confederate side)

@ardshielcomplex8917 3 жыл бұрын

@@jonme225 BS read your history. Most Confederate Soldiers and Officers didnt own Slaves, and had no sympathy for those who did. Even Lincoln stated that he wouldnt interfere with Slavery when War broke out. Lincolns Emancipation Act later in the War, only applied to the Southern States. Are you aware that it was SLAVES who completed Washingtons White House Dome and extensions AFTER the Wars end ?

@ragingbombast 3 жыл бұрын

You shouldn't. Lee was a rich slaver owner who fought for his own wealth and social standing. His post war period is filled with stories about how "noble" he was, but he also put his name on a document that swore to the North that the South had come to terms with the Civil War and all the white people would never, ever think about abusing the former slaves. And that right there is what you really should know about Lee - He was either a fool who believed what everyone around him said, or a willful conman scrambling for his state's power while lying through his teeth.

@ragingbombast 3 жыл бұрын

@@ardshielcomplex8917 Read what the South wrote prior to and during the Civil War. They did it to keep owning people and to stay rich, and they rabble roused the non-slave owners by threatening race riots, a promise that abolition would devalue labor, and the promise of the poor one day owning slaves too.

@frankbarone4248 3 жыл бұрын

National Park Ranger Matt Atkinson held a great lecture.....very informative, very entertaining (I like the picture of Atkinson standing.....with Robert E. Lee sitting and Lee's son to the left)....Thank you, Mr. Atkinson, for this lecture !!!!

@CloneShockTrooper 2 жыл бұрын

love this lecture.. well articulated and excellent presented in a subject manner. Thank you.

@cclars6411 5 жыл бұрын

Thank You Ranger Atkinson, I had no idea nor had I given much thought to this time. ( after April 1865 ) I will from this time forward use General Lee's example for fueling the continual growth of my nature and spirit.

@mikeharper3459 3 жыл бұрын

CAT maybe he wants to enslave people

@kevindecoteau3186 3 жыл бұрын

I love hearing the words of General Lee about being patient, especially during these times.

@JJONNYREPP 2 жыл бұрын

Mystery Surrounds Time Capsule Found Beneath Robert E. Lee Statue

@jtfike 9 ай бұрын

Yes, he had to be patient. He was spared a hanging for treason.

@edwinamendelssohn5129 9 ай бұрын

@@jtfike🙄

@TheMallen07 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ranger Matt for a very thorough lecture. I enjoy listening to these in my spare time while reading through Shelby Foote's three volume Civil War Narrative.

@K8E666 4 ай бұрын

I’m glad that today we can look at Lee as the brilliant General who did so much, with comparatively speaking, so little. I’m not American I’m British. I’m no fan of the South during the war, but he was a man who served in the U S Army before succession, and joined the Confederacy following it, like hundreds of thousands of others. You don’t have to agree with his political beliefs to understand and admire his stance following the war. Where there was discord, Lee opted for peace and calm, and for patience above all else. He reasoned that being a member of the US meant following the rules and being a decent citizen (despite never having been given back his). He remembered the generosity that was shown to him by Grant and to his men. He obviously didn’t suffer fools greatly, and when you were a soldier in his army you were expected to do your job, and not be partying away from it… In that respect he’s much the same as Grant - you didn’t want to be caught away from your post on his watch either… Negligence of duty costs lives and I can understand the icy reception Pickett received. He’d put himself before his men and his duty and that lost all respect that Lee had for him. Lee had accepted responsibility for Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg. War is war, and people die in large numbers, oftentimes from a poor decision by their Generals. But one poor decision doesn’t make Lee negligent. He didn’t sacrifice his own men, he still believed he could win at that point… History may judge otherwise. As an historian you have to understand a lot of people who have done a lot of terrible things in the past. You don’t have to agree with them but you do have to gain an understanding of them. I don’t believe that Lee was a bad person, I don’t agree with his views on slavery, but he was hardly outstanding at the time of having those views… He deserves to be remembered for the General he was and for the life he lived after the war.

@alfredpambuena6874 5 жыл бұрын

I have studied lee and grant for some 30 years...and of course the civil war in general. I found out a long time ago that when you read and study this war and the people involved...you have to put your current morals and beliefs aside...and try to imagine how the people believed in things back then...don't forget that even though the civil war ended on paper...the beliefs and inner conflicts did not come to an immediate stop...the country was still in shock over the death of president Lincoln...and I remember reading diaries of those who traveled through southern cities many years after the war.....and were shocked over the destruction and the displaced people. the one thing I always admired about lee was his humanity and humility...and how he always referred to virginia as his country. remember this...all these generals..both north and south were honorable people that tried their best in a war were it was countrymen against countrymen.....and today we are very close to facing the exact same thing.

@TheGravitywerks 5 жыл бұрын

Intellectual laziness is something that will doom this country:(

@TheGravitywerks 5 жыл бұрын

@@willpower3367 "Wrong" is relative......

@davidtrindle6473 4 жыл бұрын

Alfred Pambuena Many from both North and South gave their lives

@alecfoster4413 4 жыл бұрын

@CAT The fact is, the wrong side won. And your post is wrong on so many levels that it is exhausting to even contemplate a rebuttal. But one thing is certain; if you reject the South's right to secede than you must also condemn the American Revolution. Fact. And the war was a war of invasion of the South by the federal army and as such the blood is on the hand's of Lincoln and Grant. Lee and the other Confederates were defending their homes and you get your history from coloring books.

@alecfoster4413 4 жыл бұрын

@CAT You know, you can't even do your math right. This isn't 2035. And the Grant administration was one of the most corrupt presidencies in US history. As for Lincoln, he was a degenerate, depressive tyrant who violated the Constitution at every turn; suspending habeas corpus and jailing journalists. Saying "lol" and babbling about "home team" and "visiting team" is nothing short of moronic. If he had executed officers of the CSA he would have had a guerrilla uprising in the South that would have made the Minutemen look tame. Go pull down a statue. You'll feel better.

@patriotmama 4 жыл бұрын

He was one of the greatest Generals. He was a good and honest man. We went to Arlington House. It is so sad to know that was taken away from the Lee family. It is such a beautiful home. People need to learn about these men and not condemn them. They were all were some of the bravest men to ever be part of the military. They were humble an good men. People today don't take into consideration what circumstances brought them to not leave the South when the war broke out. That was their home. They could not turn their backs on their homes. I grew up in the North, however, I have always had the greatest reverence for General Lee and many other Generals that fought for the South. History needs to be taught. It needs to be discussed. It needs to be looked upon as lessons learned.

@helenaconstantine 4 жыл бұрын

Really? Longstreet told him exactly how he could have won Gettysburg, or at least avoided defeat, but instead he orders an unsupported infantry attack against the enemy center? Incompetent fool.

@keelsmac01 4 жыл бұрын

Helena Constantine leftist. I meant leftist Communist. Who wouldn't be able to make it 40 steps these people made.

@helenaconstantine 4 жыл бұрын

@@keelsmac01 Quite right. I wouldn't have been able to take a single step on the path of treason. I suggest you learn what the word communist actually means. Jesus was one.

@keelsmac01 4 жыл бұрын

Helena Constantine the goal of communism is to create a stateless, classless society. Communist thinkers believe this can happen if the people take away the power of the the ruling class, who own the means of production) and establish worker control of the means of production. Isn't that what y'all leftists want? Absolutely.

@michaelhaynes6587 4 жыл бұрын

Epitome of the "lost cause " myth.

@Kjdjrh 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the great Presentation, Mr Atkinson. My GG Grandfather was in Co. G 42nd Miss. at G-Burg- & captured at Falling Waters

@garyhoffman503 2 жыл бұрын

Feb 4th 2022 will be Robert E. Lee day here in Tuscon, Arizona. I will push for that at the local levels as Honor & Remeberance of Great People 👍 who brought every tatter in life to a bold conviction of love and peace in Humanity at every cost imaginable. ❤ What I cherished since a small boy was The Civil War. It seems one can only come to one conclusion. I respect both men equally with great depth and my will to be thier will. Perhaps we have not had such a leader at the highest levels thankfully due to these courageous Generals of the 18th Century. To Reach Ones Bar In Life. ✝️

@wombatcarebundanoon942 5 жыл бұрын

What a fantastic, informative lecture. Thank you so much for this wonderfully evocative telling of Lee's later years. I enjoyed that so much tonight.

@HighSpeedNoDrag 5 жыл бұрын

Myself as Well.

@Loglakeliving 5 жыл бұрын

We have so much to be proud of in our Country...and so much to be hopeful for. We discover this by first respecting, then learning, from our history.

@pierrerochon7271 8 ай бұрын

LOL- Proud of that job training program for the slaves?- haha

@matthazan3562 9 ай бұрын

Thx for the video. Those stories you tell of the past had me at tears a few times. What a hard time this must have been for our deeply wound country. God bless

@curtissterken8909 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing via KZfaq. Very inciteful and well presented.

@tinaanderson5540 7 жыл бұрын

These lectures lecturers are fantastic,an absolute joy to listen to.

@waynevaughan3689 5 жыл бұрын

This is one of the best lectures I have seen about the last years of Robert E. Lee's life, Thank you, Matt!

@marymoriarity2555 5 жыл бұрын

Wayne Vaughan I agree. I dint admire Lee but Ranger Atkinson’s lectures are excellent

@henryosborne7052 4 жыл бұрын

Mary Moriarity General Lee is one of the greatest Americans to have ever lived.

@davismarthin451 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Wayne hope you’re having a wonderful day?

@russsmith3015 2 жыл бұрын

@@henryosborne7052 especially the way he liked to break up slave families so they would never see their loved ones again. www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/the-myth-of-the-kindly-general-lee/529038/

@shrim1481 2 жыл бұрын

@@henryosborne7052 oh he is? I didn't realize trailer parks have internet.

@guineveregruntle6746 2 жыл бұрын

Lee is one of the most misrepresented and misunderstood figures in American history. Thank you for sharing this lecture.

@chesterjade7630 Жыл бұрын

What is there to understand about Lee.

@stikupartist3698 Жыл бұрын

He fought to preserve slavery and white supremacy, I understand him...

@guineveregruntle6746 Жыл бұрын

@@stikupartist3698 bless your heart.

@guineveregruntle6746 Жыл бұрын

@@chesterjade7630 bless your heart

@stikupartist3698 Жыл бұрын

@@guineveregruntle6746 just my heart? What about my lungs and liver?

@benjaminking6592 2 жыл бұрын

This is outstanding. Thank you for uploading.

@alswann2702 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks Matt another great lecture!

@ronburgandy5006 4 жыл бұрын

Atkinson is an amazing lecturer!....dude keeps it's engaging from start to finish.

@danski6694 2 жыл бұрын

I have the slightest clue as to why this was randomly recommended to me amongst my usual Sopranos and Hockey Fight clips, but I gave it a shot in watching and glad I did. 👏

@rakanitis1 11 ай бұрын

“The hardest thing on earth is to know the ways of men and still manage to be in good spirits”

@lleweybyrne 4 жыл бұрын

I have to say, that was absolutely fantastic. Such a great lecture delivered in that great befitting accent. Most enjoyable!

@GH-oi2jf 4 жыл бұрын

U. S. Grant on the subject of his meeting Lee at Appomattox (from his memoirs): “I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much for a cause, though that cause was, I believe, one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and one for which there was the least excuse. I do not question, however, the sincerity of the great mass of those who were opposed to us.”

@themorningdrive187 4 жыл бұрын

Grant was convinced that the civil war was about slavery. It was not about slavery. It was about states rights. The emancipation proclamation would have never been written if not for the civil war. It was wrote 16 months into the war as a threat from Lincoln to try and stop the war. It just made things worse.

@titianmom 4 жыл бұрын

@@themorningdrive187 so says the southern revisionist who ignores the actual secessionist papers which were filled with their "right" to own people.

@themorningdrive187 4 жыл бұрын

@@titianmomstates rights

@henryosborne7052 4 жыл бұрын

Toto Mango (Yawn)

@tedosmond413 4 жыл бұрын

@@themorningdrive187 states rights to continue and propagate the institution of chattel slavery

@JohnnyReb 2 жыл бұрын

"'Duty' then is the sublimest word in the English language. You should do your duty in all things. You can never do more, you should never wish to do less." ~ Robert Edward Lee.

@MsLane61 Ай бұрын

A quote that sums up the man. Bravo. One need only look at Lee's early life, his boyhood, his young adulthood, and the selfless devotion, duty, and responsibility he gave to his invalid mother, to understand his devotion, duty, and responsibility he gave to his Virginia and his entire life of leadership. Too many people today, including would-be historians, are too unfortunately anemic, myopic, and lacking in the understanding of human complexity to see past their own biases. Robert E. Lee was one of THE greatest Americans who ever lived.

@JohnnyReb Ай бұрын

@@MsLane61 More like "So called" historians. General Lee had more honor, integrity, devotion, and honesty than 99% of Americans today.

@markoliver8649 2 жыл бұрын

Great lecture! I enjoyed every moment of it

@paulwallis7586 4 жыл бұрын

A quote from Robert E Lee remains one of the wisest statements in American history. A woman asked him what she should tell her sons about the war. Lee said, "Tell your sons to forget their antagonisms and become Americans." How much more sincere can you get?

@stanphipps5083 4 жыл бұрын

Sadly, Lee failed to announce that to the entire South. He failed to condemn Mosby and Forrest and all the other Confederate terrorists that refused to stop fighting against their country. Lee was loved in the Confederacy. Yet he never rose to the moment - he wasted it. Rather than use his platform to heal the nation, he retreated within himself to a small college when he should have done so much more to heal this nation. We should expect so much more of great people. He fell so short. In War and Peace.

@carolbell8008 4 жыл бұрын

Lee absolutely did not fail the country!! He spent the last years of his life training young men to reconstruct the South!!

@m3528i 4 жыл бұрын

Madam, don't bring up your sons to detest the United States Government. Recollect that we form one country now. Abandon all these local animosities, and make your sons Americans. Robert E. Lee

@paulwallis7586 4 жыл бұрын

@@m3528i That would be the exact quote. Thank you, AbleDelta.

@m3528i 4 жыл бұрын

Paul Wallis i went and looked it up so I could keep it. Figured I'd drop it in here too. Thanks for the inspiration.

@BFerry10 9 жыл бұрын

A great talk Matt. We were sorry that we missed you when we were at Gettysburg December 2014.

@George-wx9dj 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice lecture. I would have liked to been fortunate enough to have met both General Grant and Lee, along with President Lincoln.

@speedenforcer10 3 жыл бұрын

Matt is a great lecturer. Love his videos.

@jqchang4152 5 жыл бұрын

General Lee was one of our greatest military leaders. Thank you for what you do at Gettysburg. I was blessed to be able to visit Gettysburg with my ex-wife and children. One cannot imagine the bravery of the soldiers involved in that battle. You have done a fantastic job in maintaining the site. It is a disgrace for any American to defame the memory of General Robert E. Lee or any soldier who took part in the civil war.

@GH-oi2jf 4 жыл бұрын

JQ Chang - It is not defamation if it is historically accurate. He may have been a great leader and a gentleman, but he fought in the name of an indefensible cause.

@Michaelbos 4 жыл бұрын

JQ Chang , you got that right, it’s part of our history.

@Michaelbos 4 жыл бұрын

Larry Ebeling , true, it was much more then slavery, that was not the main issues at all. No one wants to research and read history.

@howedaddy6122 4 жыл бұрын

@@larryebeling6853 Nope, he supported slavery. I think, considering the time period, he was still a great man and, if he was no longer racist, there would be no better man to be president right now than him

@aleksandersokal5279 4 жыл бұрын

@David McDonald Duty to his state of Virginia (his own people) came before the duty to the US.

@mattmurphy1065 4 жыл бұрын

You couldn’t have this lecture right now.

@Framer_Mike 3 жыл бұрын

You would just be labeled racist for having it to begin with. .. 😆

@AbbaJoy1 3 жыл бұрын

@@Framer_Mike sadly

@dovbarleib3256 3 жыл бұрын

The Nation is truly collapsing. In 1860 the nation descended into Civil War over whether Slavery should be extended to its territories. Over 600,000 died in Civil War. Today the moral arguments with the Reprobates is over everything else. No war will solve this coming disintegration.

@miketheyunggod2534 3 жыл бұрын

Not without a riot by liberals.

@joemurphy9549 3 жыл бұрын

Why couldn’t you have this lecture today ?

@laserbeam002 11 ай бұрын

R.I.P Robert E Lee. Bless you and a big thank you for posting this video

@bernardalexandermcnealy4072 2 жыл бұрын

Great and engaging lecture of a wonderful American. I was mesmerized, Ranger Atkinson.

@zincman1995 3 жыл бұрын

The most fabulous lecture I have ever heard, thanks so much for the effort.

@robertdipaola3447 4 жыл бұрын

That last quote by roberte lee sezi it all " it is history that gives us hope"

@JohnnyReb 2 жыл бұрын

@Ornithocheirus General Lee meant that history teaches us to look at the past and look forward to the future knowing how far we've come.

@ledomc2007 2 жыл бұрын

@Ornithocheirus He gave you the answer

@JohnnyReb 2 жыл бұрын

@@ledomc2007 And if that was his response then I regret giving him an answer.

@JohnnyReb 2 жыл бұрын

@Ornithocheirus Okay cut the fake politeness. That was rude. You asked a question so I explained it for you. A little "Thank you" would've been appreciated.

@ledomc2007 2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyReb ikr, wtf is that

@TheVaga9 9 ай бұрын

This person does an excellent job of this, he's love of history and teaching is exciting!! Brilliant!!!

@densonfletcher8612 8 ай бұрын

My name is robert fletcher, I didn’t know I was named after the general until I went to a local cemetery here where my father grand father, great grandfather, and great great grandfather are buried... all named robert Lee fletcher, the oldest born in 1867 was inscribed robert e Lee fletcher... I’m filled w/ pride for this

@wsearp 4 жыл бұрын

I've been to most of those places, but to stand there next to the General's desk as he left it that day was most moving of all, it was as if I might turn around and see him coming back in....

@GreenMaster1 4 жыл бұрын

He wanted to own slaves. Stfu he was a horrible person.

@gojobuddy 4 жыл бұрын

@@GreenMaster1 Obviously, you know nothing about R.E. Lee. He never bought a slave in his life. He was anti-slavery.

@GreenMaster1 4 жыл бұрын

gojobuddy Yes he did inheritate slaves but he still did fight a war to own them. And in a letter to his wife he said Slaves had a better life in america socially, physically than in africa. He also punished slaves that ran away. So stfu

@keelsmac01 4 жыл бұрын

Green Master They did have a better life here. And so do you. My father had to work twice as hard as I did, his father fought wars and worked twice as hard as my father did. We are all comfortable off of our ancestors backs. Sometimes criminals would be sold so that they could no longer commit crimes. other slaves were obtained from kidnappings, or through raids that occurred at gunpoint from Africa and BRITAIN joint ventures along with other European nations. Slaves came in every color, not just black. Irish slaves were brought by the ship and sold over and over again. Get over it!

@gojobuddy 4 жыл бұрын

@@GreenMaster1 Yes, he did inheritate a few but certainly didn't have any with him, while he was away working for the Union. He was away so much in fact, that his wife had to take her children and go back and live with her family. His wife and mother-in-law were also anti slavery and used to teach them to read and write. His wife and Robert E. Lee even paid for some to return back Liberia. Then his wife conversed with them through letters. If you think Robert E Lee warred to keep slavery then you're obviously off your biffy. He decided to join the South because he was a Virginian first as well as his entire family and friends. He was not going to war them, end of story. It had absolutely nothing to do with slavery.

@fairyhitchcock231 4 жыл бұрын

Today is July 14, 2020 Oh, How I needed to Hear this right now...it is Food for my Heart and Soul! Thank You!

@BradWatsonMiami 4 жыл бұрын

George Washington was reincarnated as Robert E. Lee who returned as Dwight Eisenhower. I AM the returned Christ, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln and Albert Einstein reincarnated; see 7seals.blogspot.com . I've fufilled the prophecy of Revelation 5:1 by producing the "book/scroll sealed with 7 seals" revealed as 'Beyond Einstein Theories'. This has triggered The Apocalypse/Revelation which is NOT the 'end of the world' - it's the return of the Christ.

@jesterflight8593 4 жыл бұрын

Because you do or do not want him into proverbial Sainthood, please elaborate?

@BradWatsonMiami 4 жыл бұрын

@@jesterflight8593 : Robert E. Lee was a complex guy. He was a great man and he was a slaver, traitor, and responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of US troops. Being reincarnated as Dwight Eisenhower, I feel that he compensated for the sins of his previous lives.

@BradWatsonMiami 4 жыл бұрын

@Sam Lope Are you addressing that to me?

@marcushoward6560 4 жыл бұрын

@@BradWatsonMiami It is ironic that you call him a traitor because one of the reasons he left the Union army and joined the Confederacy was because of two things. First, although he believed in the Union, he recognized the importance of the 10th Amendment. Second, (and this is why it is ironic) is because back then, people identified with their States more than the country, and he could not live with being a traitor against his fellow Virginians. Slavery was vile and nothing can ever justify it, and although Lee "owned" slaves, slavery was not his motivation.

@johnlsullivan5180 2 ай бұрын

Interesting lecture, in the UK i watched Ken burns civil war documentary 30 years ago and have been fascinated with it ever since.

@davidconnon1214 8 жыл бұрын

Nicely done, Matt Atkinson!

@JohnnyBallou 6 жыл бұрын

Great Lecture! Thank You from a fellow, history-loving, retired ranger! keep up the wonderful work!

@nomadfishermanak 3 жыл бұрын

What a awesome lecture, my mom is from Mi my dad is from Panama 🇵🇦. I gre up in NC I recall watching North and South while my mom decorated the tree. I have Been a civil war addict since then grew up 45 Mims from New Bern. Nest lecture ever!