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    After the violence and attacks in Charlottesville, a debate is raging on whether or not to take down Robert E Lee and other confederate monuments or to leave them up. Those for taking down the confederate monuments argue that the monuments are equated with the slavery era and should therefore come down. Those on the other side say that the monuments represent southern pride and that they should stay up. The debate says is why not take down all monuments that supported slavery according to Washington

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    Lee was born in the slave state of Virginia on January 19, 1807; fifteen years before Ulysses S. Grant, who was born in Ohio, a free state, on the 27th of April, 1822. The two generals led very different lives: Grant came from a religious, hard working, and relatively poor background, Lee was from an honorable family with a respectable amount of money. The two generals studied in the United States

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    gathered recently in Charlottesville, Virginia, for a “Unite the Right” protest. The protest quickly escalated from a peaceful rally to a violent outcry. The original protest centered around the proposed removal a statue of Confederate leader Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville’s Emancipation Park. White supremacists and nationalists were dismayed by the plan to remove Lee’s statue -- some because they think the General deserves to be recognized for his place in history, but others -- and those who

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    Army, Washington held the power together until the point that a conclusive fight could be won a procedure that paid off at Yorktown. He was chosen by the general population to be the main leader of America, they even needed him to be best. Robert E. Lee-Lee is an American military saint, yet l his annihilation at Gettysburg in 1863, his military brightness gave the Confederacy its most noteworthy possibility for

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    The Battle Of Gettysburg was fought from July 1st to July 3rd in 1863. It is considered as the most important engagement of the Civil War. After General Robert E. Lee was victorious against Union Forces, he marched his forces into Pennsylvania in June 1863. On July 1st confederates clashed with the Union’s Army of the Potomac, commanded by General George G. Meade at Gettysburg. On the next day there was even heavier fighting as the confederates attacked the federals on their left and right. The assault

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    Violence out struck in the riots for the removal of the statue of Robert E. Lee. The white supremacy group wanted to rebel against the counter protesters spreading racism and violence as a way to intimidate. The brutal clash over a statue has overthrown into the U.S. having a huge impact, making a crisis arise. The President has argued if he should have both of the groups be condemned for their actions, but all the people disapproved of his speech given. On the other hand, while war has become a

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    The Battle of Antietam took place on September 17, 1862 near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and it was the bloodiest day in American history. Before the battle, the confederacy had a better chance of winning the war. Conflict arose between McClellan and Robert E. Lee which sparked the invasion of the north and the beginning of a long war. McPherson argued in his novel that the battle of Antietam was the turning point of the Civil War. In the beginning of the novel, McPherson informs the reader that it was

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    decision off of? This is the decision that Robert E. Lee faced when the Civil War kicked off. Robert E. Lee was a visionary leader and ethical leader during the Civil War. First, as a visionary leader, Robert E. Lee set his leadership foundation on self-discipline and used Transformational Leadership Behavior “Individualized Consideration” to lead and motivate his troops into battle even when they were outnumbered. Furthermore, as an ethical leader, Robert E. Lee’s loyalty to his homeland allowed

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    not America against an enemy nation but rather America against itself. That made it very hard fighting in the war. There were many poems and songs that were written that really described the people of America, two of them being Dixie’s Land and Robert E. Lee. Dixie’s Land is a really good example of how them men in the Civil War wanted to just be back in their hometown but fight because they also want to protect it. “...I wish I was

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    good leader are skills and you need to able to work with people all the time. (“Robert E Lee had a whole career of military” ). Before he was the leader of the south in which that meant he could do really well and from that training, he knew how to do stuff so had the skills and he knew how to work with people during the war and on the battlefield so that he would good in the war. This made it good for Robert E Lee because since he had the skills and the training he knew what to do. “Ulysses

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