Robert E. Lee and the Question of Loyalty
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Gary W. Gallagher discusses the various loyalties of Gen. Robert E. Lee. His talk was part of the Huntington Conference “Civil War Lives,” held at the Huntington Library in October 2011. Gallagher is the John L. Nau III Professor in the History of the American Civil War and author, most recently, of “The Union War” (2011).
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