Perhaps we should start a list of politically incorrect “greatest Americans.” I’ll begin by nominating Robert E. Lee, who brilliantly led the Army of Northern Virginia in its war of secession against the empire. Virginia originally voted to stay in the union, after the lower south seceded, and re-voted (by popular vote as well as by its legislature)only after Lincoln began his invasion of the southern states. Lee turned down command of the Union Army, which was offered to him, to defend his home country against foreign invaders. He also personally liberated the slaves his wife had inherited, something Ulysses … Continue reading re: Greatest Americans