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This poll stems from a discussion i had with my brother about whether or not Robert E. Lee should be considered a traitor. We both have a strong love of history and butt heads over this issue.

I maintain that Lee and all those who served in the CSA armed forces should be considered traitors if they previously swore an oath to the USA by being enlisted in the US armed forces. The same goes for former US government officials who ended up in the CSA government (i.e. my belief that John Tyler was a traitor for being elected to the Confederate Congress).

My brother maintains that consideration should be given to the fact that people associated more with their home states instead of the country (i.e. Lee's loyalty was to Virginia) during the Civil War era. That there was an entirely different attitude as to where one's loyalty should lie.
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