1/5 How many lies can you pack into one article? First, Ty says that we argue that Lee was a "benevolent slave master." No, we argue he wasn't a slave master at all! Lee owned no slaves at the time of the war. Hence he wasn't good or bad: he simply owned no slaves. #FactsMatter
2/5 @IndyRecorder actually published an article blaming Lee for the death of U.S. soldiers. But Lee wouldn't have killed a single U.S. soldier that did not invade VA first. So why isn't Lincoln responsible? What law did Lee break? What law did VA break? The article doesn't say!
3/5 Was Lee a reluctant to join the Confederacy? Well, yes! Is it a myth? Nope. We just look at his own words. Strangely @IndyRecorder doesn't quote Lee at all! Mind if I do? Pre-war quotes, of course! No "mythology here." #twitterstorians#USHistory
1/5The enemies of history are catching on that in the North, the War was often told accurately (they say from the southern perspective). The reason for this is the fact that the North was wrong & the world's leading historians proved it. #twitterstorians futurity.org/civil-war-hist…
2/5Northern editorials, especially, prior to Sumter, often pointed out the legality of secession & negative comments about free Blacks. Here is the Albany Atlas & Argus from 3/5/1861 as an example. Did this sentiment magically disappear after the war? #twitterstorians
3/5One of the very first war monuments to the Union was in Indiana (1862).Bohan argues Confederates whitewashed history but notice Union monuments (which preceded Southern ones) don't mention slavery at all! It wasn't hard to convince the North this wasn't what the war was about!