EP. 01 Robert E. Lee
Uncancelled History
Robert E. Lee's Virginia Identity Trumped His National Identity
Robert E. Lee's family has deep connections to the state of Virginia. He turns down the opportunity to command the Union forces, but he ends up commanding the Confederate forces. "It was very much like him to say he had to have Virginia's way at this moment," says historian Julian Zelizer.
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