Robert E. Lee

I've been reading some of the discussion boards on H-Net about Robert E. Lee and how he's being viewed around the nation in certain parts of the nation. I personally think he has always gotten a bad rap for what he did. I remember sitting in my elementary school American history class and learning about what a traitor Robert E. Lee was. It wasn't until later I learned about who he really was and I was able to make a proper character assessment about the man. To think I spent years thinking he was no better than Benedict Arnold, when actually he was just doing what he thought was right. Unfortunately, I really feel that history is one of the topics taught with the most bias intertwined within the lessons.