A college roommate from Pennsylvania adamantly insisted that Robert E. Lee was guilty of treason. We had at least one heated argument about that. Yesterday I happened across a Washington DC editorial (May 21, 1865) which labeled Lee a traitor and worse, a general reflection of Northern public feeling. Today the media frequently runs op-eds and news referencing our Confederate ancestors along those lines.

If Lee could be called a traitor for doing what he believed to be right, can't we be called traitors for the same reason?
Please allow us that privilege.