This scene always gets me choked-up. The South loved him, the North respected him and our country today should remember him!!! A true hero in every way! Robert E. Lee...
At one instance during the Siege of Petersburg a Union regiment (cant remember wich one) was attacking an artillery battery behind fortifications and they saw a fine looking Confederate officer with grey hair on a white horse commading it. They charged the battery but had to fall back under heavy canister fire from the battery. They regrouped and attacked again and overran the battery and asked one wounded confederate who that officer was and he replied "That was Gen. Robert E. Lee"
@MrARKWILD That's funny, the Rebs ran like bitches out of my home Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, AND my adopted state of Colorado, after attempting to invade both.
LOL...In PA, ole Bobby Lee learned the same lesson we taught the British. Foppish aristocrats, in fancy uniforms should stay home.
incredible....the true spirit of a free america....the confederation is the only way to keep loyal to the principles of 1776 and the great and unique declaration of independence, an american way of life to be proud of, the only way for freedom, respect for each other and above all the sovereignty of our living god....so america arise and restore this spirit to the welfare of the whole world...long live the spirit of the free south...
@arnage17 LOL....the spirit of the free South? Which one was that? The Confederate South? Nearly half its population consinged to permanent slavery by its Constitution?
This is an impromptu scene organized by the supporting cast of this film to thank Martin Sheen for doing the film. The re-enactors were actually cheering "Sheen", but it was later dubbed "Lee" and used in the actual film.
@UnionStatesHeritage Let me know if there was a better modern Christian than Uncle Bob, aside from Spurgeon. Stop boasting about Gettysburg, it was one battle, and your arrogance is like the Chinese bluffing about their conquest of little Tibet. Nobody wants to hear it.
I was rootin' for Cain too until your dirty Yank brothers took him out of the race. Lee didn't have a fancy uniform, he only wore Col. stars. He was even mistaken for a Colonel on one occasion.
@RebelSoldat1 Cont> There is a very good chance my ancestors fought at the battle of Tours, history's most decisive battle, considering that fact it took place near where my ancestors lived, and that Charles Martel recruited men from all over Gaul and Germania. They fought against greater odds than what you brag about, and won too. But do you see me bluff about it all over the internet? No. I don't go and troll Muslims do I? No. So shut up.
@TheMrSmissen Lol, go too my channel, and watch my video who I am, and why I made 6this channel 1. It's about my ancestors, and my Israelite heritage.
@TheMrSmissen My Grandfathers name was Robert E Lee, my father's name was Robert E Lee, My Brother's name is Robert E lee, His son's Name is Robert E Lee, as You can see it's a common name in my family, my name Is Brinton Lee. I'm a direct descendant, I have no reason to lie about this, nor why would I? If you do not believe me I don not care, who are you anyways????
@midnighthood ....a worthy name of a true hero, a man of loyalty and honour ...a true role model for a new america, i wish you and your family all the very best , may god bless you all....and may america repend, change it s way back to the honourable principles of freedom, respect for others , dignity and prosper to the good of the whole world...
@arnage17 Thank you, we are the new generation of patriots, what our forefathers wanted was to make sure their descendants would be taken care of, have freedoms, and liberties. Give me Liberty or give me death........ God bless you, and may God protect all of his elect......
Love how half the soldiers after months of campaign are still overweight, couldn't find enough slim American's to act this scene then?
But yeah, Lincoln was a C***. Anyone who actually bothers to read up on the civil war from primary documents or non-school history books will realise that the war had bugger all to do with slavery. It is the only civil war I know where one side just wanted to be free of the other and go their own way. Should be named the war of Northern oppression.
@DukeofWellington91 A better way to put it is: for the South it had a LOT to do with slavery as they were wedded to their damn system of oppression economically, socially, and politically--for many in the North the war had a lot to do with slavery-but no, I do not think Abraham Lincoln was an abolitionist but wanted to preserve the Union and make the North the dominate component thereof.
@RPenta In January of 1861 2 months before South Carolina seceded congress passed a bill that would have become the 13th amendment, the amendment was to make slavery a state issue for good with the amendment being impossible to reverse, the only other law in the constitution that is like this is the fact that each state gets an equal number of senators. I paraphrase historian Donald Livingston when he says that there was every chance of this amendment being ratified.
@RPenta Yet South Carolina still seceded, why on earth would they do that if their concern was keeping the slaves? The attitudes in the North and south regarding slavery were actually remarkably similar, with the prevailing idea being that while theoretically morally wrong, it was a practical necessity lest the economy should collapse and that it was the good fortune of the North not to have this inheritance. The prevailing consensus was slavery would die out over time and this was desirable.
@RPenta Slavery was made into an issue by Lincoln later in the war for many reasons not least to keep European powers from intervening on the behalf of the Confederacy. The simple truth of the matter is that were the war fought over slavery it would not have been fought at all as Lincoln himself stated that if he could keep the union together by keeping slavery he would.
@RPenta Was slavery wrong? Yes of course and had the North been on some moral crusade to end it maybe they would have been the good guys but as it wasn't and they haphazardly came to that cause later on I am afraid I will always view them as in the wrong, all of the romance is with the South. The America of the Revolution ended with the North's victory and the modern state began. The South's greatest crime was its bad PR job, they could have done much to present their cause more favourably.
@DukeofWellington91 The north may not have been terribly eager to go to war over slavery, but the southern states explicitly stated they were seceding to preserve the institution. The tension which led to the war was not over the north wanting to eliminate slavery entirely, it was because the south sought to expand slavery to the territories. Don't keep repeating the Lost Cause mantras; do some research, man - look at the period documents. Hell, go back to the Missouri Compromise etc.
@Obergefreiter352 Some of the Southern States did, there was no mention of slavery in the explanation offered by several states including Virginia. It is also the case that those in the legislature may well have cared more about preserving slavery than the common man, I find it hard to imagine poor whites being willing to get killed to preserve the slaves of some rich landowner.
@Obergefreiter352 Also when you read the explantions offered by Texas etc. citing slavery as a reason, it is as much due to the fact that the North was interfering with state's rights as an attempt to justify the moral righteousness of slavery. The south was not hugely pro-slavery in 1861, many simply saw it as a practical necessity, an unfortunate inheritance and one that would surely die out over time. There were more abolitionist groups in the South than the North in 1861.
@Obergefreiter352 This is not to say that slavery was not an issue of tension, I just do not believe it was the critical issue and certainly I think we both agree judging by your previous post that the North did not go to war over it. If the south had only been concerned with preserving slavery they were given ample opportunity to do so within the Union. Research a bill passed by congress in January 1861 that would have become the 13th amendment making slavery irreversibly a state issue.
@DukeofWellington91 The North only freed the slaves half way through the war when they needed men, they hated black people just as much of the south. The federal government was WRONG to interfere in states rights! Ron Paul 2012
@pigeonpsycho So, was the Federal Government at the behest of the South wrong to try and nullify the free state Constitution passed by Kansas voters, just before the Civil War? How 'bout the Federal Government passing Fugitive Slave Laws? Laws which forced Northern states to submit to armed invasion by Southerners in search of thier escaped slaves?
Ole Ronnie doesn' t talk much about those issues, does he?
@UnionStatesHeritage I like how you have a neutral perspective on both sides and don't end up on the right or left wing. We need more people like you! :D
I support Ron Paul, but only because he follows the Constitution and actually focuses on the problems that made this country even worse. Personally, i believe that his knowledge of the history of the US is a pretty raw if you know what i mean.
@wildki11er Thanks! I don't like extreme positions, although I won't give any ground to Neo-Confederates. It's a revisionist culture that is dependent on politcally-correct double speak, and out right lies.
At the moment, I'm planning on staying home. I'm so disgusted with line up of candidates, that I see no point to even having an election. I would have voted for Herman Cain, if he'd stayed in the race.
Considering Martin Sheen is a flaming liberal, I wonder if he was scared out of his mind being surrounded by that many screaming Confederates with guns. Hehe. If so I compliment his acting ability since he was able to stay in character very well.
Was funny to see somebody in the comments call Robert E. Lee the 'king of the traitors'. If he knew any of the facts he'd know that Lee was one of the Virginians campaigning the hardest to preserve the Union. Once the secession happened he, like Davis, felt that loyalty to his home and friends overrode that to his nation. If anything, he was too loyal :P
I'm an Australian, so I'm neutral to it all, but I'm fascinated by how some people think the Civil War was black and white somehow...
@jspee1965 I believe and hope you have mistaken the context of my post. Do you realize I'm referring to Obama and not the most "noblest of Americans", Robert E. Lee? Would you care to clarify your post?
@koreathreekingdoms My favorite General would have to be Patrick Cleburne who they called the "Stonewall of the West" then Robert E. Lee, then Stonewall Jackson, then Nathan Beford Forrest. I think all are the top 4 generals of the Civil War and some of the best in American history.
@koreathreekingdoms ....MacArthur! are you kidding me? General MacArthure was teh most over rated general of all time....he was a lowlife pussy piece of shit that should have died before he reached puberty....I better not hear anyone say that macArthur was a good general and no EVER should say his name in the same sentance as General Lee....
@KaiserReich98 ....what did MacArthur do that was so great? do some research first asshole..look up what he did at the bonus march of 1932 then talk..he was a low life piece of shit just like you....so you get a life...
His strategic thinking never seemed to include more than the State of Virginia, even the invasions to the north were to give Virginians room to harvest.
It was one time said, Lees men would lay seige to the ramparts of Hell and Damnation itself if given the order to! How many Generals in the last 160 years could say that they hard a army that would follow that command if given it?
@Crymson1 ur just a ignorant fool.. The confederacy still strong in the South, Look at how proud the confederate flag fly proudly in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina. Wake up on these facts boy.. Ur just a dumb Negro whose ancestors are slaves from Africa..
@vxjstango The Confederacy was a nation. It no longer exists. Nor does what it stood for, namely the brutal bigotry you so obviously still cling to. You're a small person.
Oh, and my ancestry is Irish and Polish. Nice try.
@Crymson1 - Yeah & s nation filled of even more bigotry who enabled slavery for much longer prior and still degraded and discriminated long after the civil war continued to flourish. Your an idiot. 97% of the men who fought for the south did not even own slaves. They stood for much more than the brainwashing lies you've been told and ignorantly continue to spread. You idiots worship Lincoln a man who only fought the war to preserve the Union and save his political reputation, not to end slavery
@Bhobbs1985 The fact that you uttered the words "Your an idiot" is sufficiently indicative of your lack of intelligence for me to not read anything else you wrote.
@ MsRobertelee who said: "Here's the thing: I will say whatever I want and use whatever name I want. If more people were like I, maybe this country would not be the pile of shit that it is. As for you, do youself and everyone a big favor ; shut up and kill yourself. "
Feel free to take your own advice you racist skank. This coming from the great-great grandson of a Confederate General. Knuckle-draggers like you are part of the reason the South is looked down upon today.
I really look up to a man like Robert E Lee. How is it possible that he can continue to perform so well and lead the whole army even when so many of his closest generals have died in combat under his command and decision making.
I know that he is greatly affected in his heart and his mind and his soul and so is General Longstreet. To be able to cope with such losses just simply showcases his character. I really really admire him. Someone that spurs me on in difficult times.
The real soldiers of the civil war would never have approached his horse to shake his hand. They had to much respect for the man to touch him or his horse.
If only Britain and France intervened in this war, the American Empire would be non-existent, and we would all not be living under the yoke of the Yankee plutocratic oppression.
@DarthFanta It's interesting how, when talking about oppression, you Confederate yuppies conveniently forget the three million slaves being held by the Confederate states.
What started out as a film piece changes very quickly.watch the opening sequenice,when sheen is in character.but watch the reinactors as they get carried away.{i believe they want it to be the real Lee} sheen and the other horse riders get bit worried!!theres an undercurrent in american southern society just waiting to rebel.
@jonnykrim I also noticed this. Watching this, I have to agree with this observation--it seems the reinactors aren't just seeing Sheen as Lee, but they're seeing Gen. Lee himself. It is moving. I also like what another poster here said--it says a lot about Lee, that even now he can move men, even if the one in front of those men is an actor portraying him.
This is my favorite scene in the movie, along with the music. Sheen knocked it out of the park. I loved these people for their bravery, but their flaws,made them real today, not fictionalized heros,marble statues, or faded photographs, I am a proud Irish re-enactor, my body is the North, but my heart will always be the South, and it's people. Capt Scoot Aldrich COf 42nd Vol Inf "The Old Penn Bucktails"
You yankee boys can't bring yourselves to acknowledge the fact that if the original states that formed the union did not sign away their sovereignty. They protected it with the statements and reservation of the right to withdraw from that union if they so desired. Read the statement of New York and New Jersey. It is not hard to know and understand if you wish to know and understand.
Nice video. Even though I am southern in my sympathies, there are thousands of AMERICANS who lost their lives west of the Appalachians (North and South) who never had a movie made about them and had families who grieved over them. It's the 150th anniversary. Can we please begin to remember Shiloh, Ft. Donelson, Perryville, Murphreesoro, Vicksburg Chickamauga, Atlanta etc
@Voxpopuli1861 It is true that so much of the fighting was done in Virginia, near the border with both capitols so near to each other, that the western front is often forgotten. I my memory gets fuzzy at times, but didn't General Lee say after the war that he regretted not using Forrest more than he did? Hard to blame him, Forrest was not a West Pointer, had zero prior military experience and was a bit of a wild card. Lee had influence in the west but he didn't have command there anyhoo.
@Crymson1 Hi Crymson. I, by no means want to understate the importance of Gettysburg. My ancestors' name is on a Pennsylvania monument there. I just want to make it clear that there are important battles (now completely unmentioned) that are going to be totally overlooked during the 150th anniversary in KY, TN, GA, LA, MS and many other states. And no, I'm not trying to romanticize the CSA. They lost most of the western battles.
If Confederate States of America was established as the main government rather than the Union or the United Stated of America, NO EUROPEAN BANKERS WILL TAKE OVER AMERICA. THAT'S ONE FAULT THAT MADE U.S. ECONOMY TREMBLE AND ABOVE ALL, BEING A SLAVE FOR THE ILLUMINATI'S FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
When the South lost the war...The people of these United States lost their livelihood. lincoln broke the Constitution and the Constitution and our rights have all gone down hill ever since 'til now. Our current...hmmm prez has broken the Constitution sooo many times and he still remains in office...WHY???
What's amazing here is that they charge onto the field, in range of Union artillery. They have put themselves in danger here. And they have done so because Lee, their beloved General has come to greet them. You talk about Love.
@HaggenPagan26 This never happened. And had it, it would have been beyond Seminary Ridge, and thus well beyond both the sight range and the firing range of the Union artillery.
@volwolf**** 'I'm wondering if Grant or Sherman were as loved by their men as was Lee." *** The answer is NO. No military leader was as loved by their men in the Civil War as Lee was. He was a well liked, admired and popular person his entire life, from grade school to his death when he was president of Washington University (now Washington & Lee). He admired & hero worshiped Washington and made him his role model from boyhood, probably because his father was absent....it worked. Great man.
@Crymson1 McClellan may have been loved by his troops but Lee was in command of the Army of Northern Virginia from the early months of the war and the relationship had time to grow through good times and bad. Lee is still a respected and admired person all over the south to this day. Not to impune McClellan but his personal influence has been nowhere near that of Lee's. His life and example before, during and after the war sealed his fate to be a hero forever in the South and elsewhere.
How many of you know that Robert E. Lee's father was with Washington at Valley Forge as a well - respected cavalry captain, active in combat and that it was he who wrote about Washington - 'first in war, first in peace , first in the hearts of his countrymen". And that Robert E.'s wife was Martha Washington's granddaughter by her first husband.
@TheGuard64 Can you tell us from which documentation you got this information? Lee's army certainly did not have much beef as part of their rations. 40,000 head of cattle could not have been driven by an army made up largely of infantry and artillery. I have never read of this in any records or letters from Confederate sources. Having that much beef to eat would have been mentioned in many letters because it would be so very rare to acquire.
@TheGuard64 Can you tell us from which documentation you got this information? Lee's army certainly did not have much beef as part of their rations. 40,000 head of cattle could not have been driven by an army made up largely of infantry and artillery. I have never read of this in any records or letters from Confederate sources. Having that much beef to eat would have been mentioned in many letters because it would be so very rare to acquire. Lee would not have just wasted such a food source.
@TheGuard64 Can you tell us from which documentation you got this information? Lee's army certainly did not have much beef as part of their rations. 40,000 head of cattle could not have been driven by an army made up largely of infantry and artillery. I have never read of this in any records or letters from Confederate sources. Having that much beef to eat would have been mentioned in many letters because it would be so very rare to acquire. Lee would not have just wasted this food source.
@TheGuard64 Can you tell us from which documentation you found this information? Lee's army certainly did not have much beef as part of their rations. 40,000 head of cattle could not have been driven by an army made up largely of infantry and artillery. I have never read of this in any records or letters from Confederate sources. Having that much beef to eat would have been mentioned in many letters because it would be so very rare to acquire. Lee would not have just wasted this food source.
Thousands of men willing to march to their death's if given the order, and still love Lee. Not to mention being greatly respected and admired by his enemies.That speaks loads about the man.
He went on to lead the Confederate Army to several major victories in battles such as The 7 days, Second Mannassas, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, Cold Harbor and the Crater despite often being outnumbered 2 to 1 and having fewer weapons or supplies humiliating and leading to the sacking of a string of federal generals in the process. General Lee was one of the greatest military leaders of all time and remains a hero to millions of Americans to this day.
I would agree to a point, but what the Federals did to the South, Sheridan and Sherman most specifically, I can't say I would hesitate to pick up a gun and defend my family and friends from such atrocities. Slavery is a bad cause to fight for without question, but how many people fought for slaves in the South is a matter of debate, the consensus seems to be states rights and secession, but as Lee said I cannot fight against my home and family. I can't imagine many of us could either.
@tHeWasTeDYouTh Chancellorsville came before Gettysburg, great military leader yes, hero??? Um no, he fought for 50 state instead of one nation and to enslave million, That's no hero.
@tHeWasTeDYouTh I believe that Gen. Lee is one of the few men in history where you can truthfully say that his unparalleled success was also his undoing. If his results were more mixed and his army not nearly as successful as it was, an invasion of the north would never have been considered, Gettysburg never happens, and Lincoln is ousted in 1864.
With the words ""With all my devotion to the Union and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home. I have therefore resigned my commission in the army and save in defense of my native state, with the sincere hope that my poor services may never be needed
Martin Sheen was magnificent as General Robert E. Lee. I have never seen a better protrayal of the General. Sheen is a fine actor and a magical casting choice for this epic role. He should get an award for his great performance. Sheen is as close to Lee as it gets.
this is for ddcarnley and all the rest of you do gooders. First of all I'm not Southern. I'm from North Jersey. I recently went back to see the small town that I grew up in. It's not there anymore. Just like the rest of this country , it's gone. Destroyed by foreigners, blacks on welfare, stinking middle eastern pigs on Section 8. All destroyed. So all of you can go to hell because America is in the toilet because of them and you. I'm still looking for America.
@MsRobertelee Please for the love of God will you not destroy that name will spitting you ignorant racist bullshit. It is unbecoming of a gentleman and Lee would not stand for such a thing
@jmoney6565 Here's the thing: I will say whatever I want and use whatever name I want. If more people were like I, maybe this country would not be the pile of shit that it is. As for you, do youself and everyone a big favor ; shut up and kill yourself.
@MsRobertelee you clearly don't know shit about Lee. your just some pissed off racist divorcee who can never find any happiness, so rather than dealing with your own issues you find people of another color to dump your problems on. It's a rather moot point but i contest that it is unprogressive racist like you that are holding this country back.
@jmoney6565 : Since we in the judging mode; let's set the record straight. I have worked hard all of my life. I'm not a divorcee. I'm 73 years old, married to the same man for 52 years, have two children and four grandsons. I will try to teach them all that I know because I am right. My country is ruined because of foriegners and idiots like you who are too stupid to realize that this country is in the toilet. So do everyone a favor and go back to whatever stinking country you came from.
@MsRobertelee O ok my bad I guess I was wrong, your just someone's racist ole grandma. I would just like to say sorry for calling you a divorcee, by the way who taught you to use the internet?
Lee had a dark story that has been recently discovered. It was about Lee´s sadism with his slaves girls. Looks like Lee was a pedophile and a pimp, who sold and buy almost white slave girls, and separated their babies from the moms. It really looks nasty. Read more at: leepapers.blogspot.com
There is a newly published book titled "Reading the Man". it is gonna bring down the Myth.
@JohnAnderssonTV "Powerdriller10" is "RonPaulHatesBlacks" and his now 60 sock accounts on YouTube. He will type the same shit and quote the same shit. Half of his "Friends" are just himself. You would all laugh if I told you he retired down to Texas. Mark is just a mental nut case that goes after General Lee. He writes that General Lee had "White Babies" with his female "Black' slaves. Interesting how "White" babies mixed black, would be white, lol. Just ignore the John Brown troll.
I'm not a Southerner, but I do have a full heart of respect for General Robert E. Lee. His passion for his men and his leadership were awesome. The men who served under him gave their lives serving for the ONLY General in the Civil War that truly LOVED his men and Country. Martin Sheen did an awesome job portraying General Robert E. Lee in Gettysburg.
@DELTA1978THETA I agree with everything you said except for the last sentence. Martin Sheen played Lee as some half-crazed idiot. From what I have read about Lee was nothing like this. Despite facing a Union Army with superior numbers, weaponry, and supplies Lee's leadership came close to winning against all odds. Sheen did not even look the part - he is short and dumpy. Lee was tall (for that time) and wirey. Sheen's southern accent was atrocious. A Southern actor should have played Lee.
i have a special relationship with the man. With all his faults, it is his honor that always comes through. I have walked by his homes and I felt a kinship, a type of manliness I could only hope to reach.
This scene was so well done and really brings out the spirit of all American soldiers North and South. Martin Sheen was fantastic and really brought out the way he felt about his troops and the music could have not been used any better.This scene was one of a kind. Maybe the top 2 or 3 scenes of film history!!!!!
I'm not a Southerner, but by God I love this scene. You know that Lee's men loved him and would have gone through the gates of hell for him. This is a tremendous movie and a fair look at both sides of the war.
@calendarpage Funny thing, this scene was not planned. Martin Sheen rode out into the troops, and the troops went nuts, so the studio kept the camaras rolling. Totally spontainous scene, and after it was filmed, the director decided to keep it in the movie.
@calimar28 Well, you learn something new everyday. For something that was unplanned, it really helps to make the movie. I can imagine this happening in real life.
@calendarpage Yep, Sheen rode out just to meet the guys, and they all went crazy because to them, it was Lee. They are not yelling "Sheen", but they are yelling "Lee, Lee". they are probebly feeling the same thing the real guys did in 1863 if Lee rode out there like that, and for this brief moment, we get to see the real emotion that was probebly displayed in reality. Haunting. Very moving.
@calimar28 From IMDB : The scene shortly before Pickett's charge where Lee is cheered by the troops was impromptu. Some of the supporting cast had organized a 'Thank you' for Martin Sheen, and the reenactors ran out cheering for him. When the film of this incident was looked over it was dubbed over with troops yelling 'Lee' rather than 'Sheen' and added to the film.
check the guy at 1:34... why is there an Indian in the confederate army?
goatgirlelg 3 hours ago
This scene always gets me choked-up. The South loved him, the North respected him and our country today should remember him!!! A true hero in every way! Robert E. Lee...
TheMaxturner 1 day ago
At one instance during the Siege of Petersburg a Union regiment (cant remember wich one) was attacking an artillery battery behind fortifications and they saw a fine looking Confederate officer with grey hair on a white horse commading it. They charged the battery but had to fall back under heavy canister fire from the battery. They regrouped and attacked again and overran the battery and asked one wounded confederate who that officer was and he replied "That was Gen. Robert E. Lee"
AUG351 2 days ago
nice piece of video. He was my 5th greatest grandfather.May he rest in peace.
candice4God 1 week ago
THIS MAN AND OTHERS LED A HALF STARVED,NO BOOTS WEARING ARMY AND KICKED THOSE DAMN YANKEES ARSE!!!
MrARKWILD 3 weeks ago 8
@MrARKWILD That's funny, the Rebs ran like bitches out of my home Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, AND my adopted state of Colorado, after attempting to invade both.
LOL...In PA, ole Bobby Lee learned the same lesson we taught the British. Foppish aristocrats, in fancy uniforms should stay home.
UnionStatesHeritage 1 week ago
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MrARKWILD 6 days ago
Glory INCARNATE! "Gentlemen... let us see to this days work, I pray you"... Robert E Lee.
jspee1965 4 weeks ago
Hero!
doczg88 4 weeks ago
That's alot of inbreeders
karma661 4 weeks ago
the re-enactors make this scene work.
volwolf 1 month ago
I have the flag of the confederacy on my car.
Im not from the south of usa but i respect the people of the south who fight for they thinking.
Long life Dixie!!!
UnbekannterNrE1ns 1 month ago
incredible....the true spirit of a free america....the confederation is the only way to keep loyal to the principles of 1776 and the great and unique declaration of independence, an american way of life to be proud of, the only way for freedom, respect for each other and above all the sovereignty of our living god....so america arise and restore this spirit to the welfare of the whole world...long live the spirit of the free south...
arnage17 1 month ago 3
@arnage17 LOL....the spirit of the free South? Which one was that? The Confederate South? Nearly half its population consinged to permanent slavery by its Constitution?
UnionStatesHeritage 3 weeks ago
he looks so sad in this scene
magn4able 1 month ago
This is an impromptu scene organized by the supporting cast of this film to thank Martin Sheen for doing the film. The re-enactors were actually cheering "Sheen", but it was later dubbed "Lee" and used in the actual film.
blablahism 1 month ago
General Lee, General Lee, General Lee !!!!!
Namibtraveler 1 month ago
Don't forget January 17th. God Bless Robert E Lee.
1861robertelee 1 month ago
GOD SAVE GENERAL LEE!!!
pigeonpsycho 1 month ago
@pigeonpsycho HAHA..you missed it. God crushed Robert E. Lee, and his despicable 'cause'.
UnionStatesHeritage 6 days ago
@UnionStatesHeritage Let me know if there was a better modern Christian than Uncle Bob, aside from Spurgeon. Stop boasting about Gettysburg, it was one battle, and your arrogance is like the Chinese bluffing about their conquest of little Tibet. Nobody wants to hear it.
I was rootin' for Cain too until your dirty Yank brothers took him out of the race. Lee didn't have a fancy uniform, he only wore Col. stars. He was even mistaken for a Colonel on one occasion.
RebelSoldat1 6 days ago
@RebelSoldat1 Cont> There is a very good chance my ancestors fought at the battle of Tours, history's most decisive battle, considering that fact it took place near where my ancestors lived, and that Charles Martel recruited men from all over Gaul and Germania. They fought against greater odds than what you brag about, and won too. But do you see me bluff about it all over the internet? No. I don't go and troll Muslims do I? No. So shut up.
RebelSoldat1 6 days ago
@UnionStatesHeritage fuck off yank!
1995marines 6 days ago
@UnionStatesHeritage And now, your "cause" is crushing America. Have a look at our inner cities.
calimar28 1 hour ago
Ahh my ancestor..... What a great man he was.. I'm proud of my heritage.
midnighthood 1 month ago
@midnighthood
When I watch Southern sympathetic videos,suddenly 75% of the South inhabitants
are family or related to General Lee.......
TheMrSmissen 1 month ago in playlist Liked videos
@TheMrSmissen Lol, go too my channel, and watch my video who I am, and why I made 6this channel 1. It's about my ancestors, and my Israelite heritage.
midnighthood 1 month ago
@midnighthood
Making a video doesn't convince people (maybe retards)
that you are related to General Lee........ Can you prove you are
related to him?
TheMrSmissen 1 month ago
@TheMrSmissen My Grandfathers name was Robert E Lee, my father's name was Robert E Lee, My Brother's name is Robert E lee, His son's Name is Robert E Lee, as You can see it's a common name in my family, my name Is Brinton Lee. I'm a direct descendant, I have no reason to lie about this, nor why would I? If you do not believe me I don not care, who are you anyways????
midnighthood 1 month ago
@midnighthood ....a worthy name of a true hero, a man of loyalty and honour ...a true role model for a new america, i wish you and your family all the very best , may god bless you all....and may america repend, change it s way back to the honourable principles of freedom, respect for others , dignity and prosper to the good of the whole world...
arnage17 1 month ago
@arnage17 Thank you, we are the new generation of patriots, what our forefathers wanted was to make sure their descendants would be taken care of, have freedoms, and liberties. Give me Liberty or give me death........ God bless you, and may God protect all of his elect......
midnighthood 1 month ago
@TheMrSmissen I'm related to Nathaniel Macon, founder of states rights. I guess you could say that we're a pretty close bunch.
RebelSoldat1 3 weeks ago
@RebelSoldat1 So? I slept in a Holliday Inn last night.
vasallizinni 1 week ago
¡ General Lee !
Urogallo77 2 months ago
Love how half the soldiers after months of campaign are still overweight, couldn't find enough slim American's to act this scene then?
But yeah, Lincoln was a C***. Anyone who actually bothers to read up on the civil war from primary documents or non-school history books will realise that the war had bugger all to do with slavery. It is the only civil war I know where one side just wanted to be free of the other and go their own way. Should be named the war of Northern oppression.
DukeofWellington91 2 months ago 4
@DukeofWellington91 A better way to put it is: for the South it had a LOT to do with slavery as they were wedded to their damn system of oppression economically, socially, and politically--for many in the North the war had a lot to do with slavery-but no, I do not think Abraham Lincoln was an abolitionist but wanted to preserve the Union and make the North the dominate component thereof.
RPenta 2 months ago
@RPenta In January of 1861 2 months before South Carolina seceded congress passed a bill that would have become the 13th amendment, the amendment was to make slavery a state issue for good with the amendment being impossible to reverse, the only other law in the constitution that is like this is the fact that each state gets an equal number of senators. I paraphrase historian Donald Livingston when he says that there was every chance of this amendment being ratified.
DukeofWellington91 2 months ago
@RPenta Yet South Carolina still seceded, why on earth would they do that if their concern was keeping the slaves? The attitudes in the North and south regarding slavery were actually remarkably similar, with the prevailing idea being that while theoretically morally wrong, it was a practical necessity lest the economy should collapse and that it was the good fortune of the North not to have this inheritance. The prevailing consensus was slavery would die out over time and this was desirable.
DukeofWellington91 2 months ago
@RPenta Slavery was made into an issue by Lincoln later in the war for many reasons not least to keep European powers from intervening on the behalf of the Confederacy. The simple truth of the matter is that were the war fought over slavery it would not have been fought at all as Lincoln himself stated that if he could keep the union together by keeping slavery he would.
DukeofWellington91 2 months ago
@RPenta Was slavery wrong? Yes of course and had the North been on some moral crusade to end it maybe they would have been the good guys but as it wasn't and they haphazardly came to that cause later on I am afraid I will always view them as in the wrong, all of the romance is with the South. The America of the Revolution ended with the North's victory and the modern state began. The South's greatest crime was its bad PR job, they could have done much to present their cause more favourably.
DukeofWellington91 2 months ago
@DukeofWellington91 The north may not have been terribly eager to go to war over slavery, but the southern states explicitly stated they were seceding to preserve the institution. The tension which led to the war was not over the north wanting to eliminate slavery entirely, it was because the south sought to expand slavery to the territories. Don't keep repeating the Lost Cause mantras; do some research, man - look at the period documents. Hell, go back to the Missouri Compromise etc.
Obergefreiter352 2 months ago
@Obergefreiter352 Some of the Southern States did, there was no mention of slavery in the explanation offered by several states including Virginia. It is also the case that those in the legislature may well have cared more about preserving slavery than the common man, I find it hard to imagine poor whites being willing to get killed to preserve the slaves of some rich landowner.
DukeofWellington91 2 months ago
@Obergefreiter352 Also when you read the explantions offered by Texas etc. citing slavery as a reason, it is as much due to the fact that the North was interfering with state's rights as an attempt to justify the moral righteousness of slavery. The south was not hugely pro-slavery in 1861, many simply saw it as a practical necessity, an unfortunate inheritance and one that would surely die out over time. There were more abolitionist groups in the South than the North in 1861.
DukeofWellington91 2 months ago
@Obergefreiter352 This is not to say that slavery was not an issue of tension, I just do not believe it was the critical issue and certainly I think we both agree judging by your previous post that the North did not go to war over it. If the south had only been concerned with preserving slavery they were given ample opportunity to do so within the Union. Research a bill passed by congress in January 1861 that would have become the 13th amendment making slavery irreversibly a state issue.
DukeofWellington91 2 months ago
@DukeofWellington91 The North only freed the slaves half way through the war when they needed men, they hated black people just as much of the south. The federal government was WRONG to interfere in states rights! Ron Paul 2012
pigeonpsycho 1 month ago 2
@pigeonpsycho So, was the Federal Government at the behest of the South wrong to try and nullify the free state Constitution passed by Kansas voters, just before the Civil War? How 'bout the Federal Government passing Fugitive Slave Laws? Laws which forced Northern states to submit to armed invasion by Southerners in search of thier escaped slaves?
Ole Ronnie doesn' t talk much about those issues, does he?
UnionStatesHeritage 3 weeks ago 2
@UnionStatesHeritage I like how you have a neutral perspective on both sides and don't end up on the right or left wing. We need more people like you! :D
I support Ron Paul, but only because he follows the Constitution and actually focuses on the problems that made this country even worse. Personally, i believe that his knowledge of the history of the US is a pretty raw if you know what i mean.
So, who are you voting for on the 2012 elections?
wildki11er 1 week ago
@wildki11er Thanks! I don't like extreme positions, although I won't give any ground to Neo-Confederates. It's a revisionist culture that is dependent on politcally-correct double speak, and out right lies.
At the moment, I'm planning on staying home. I'm so disgusted with line up of candidates, that I see no point to even having an election. I would have voted for Herman Cain, if he'd stayed in the race.
UnionStatesHeritage 1 week ago
@UnionStatesHeritage THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE--HOWEVER I KNOW THIS MUCH--YOU AINT DONE A DAMN THING FOR THIS OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY COWARD!!
MrARKWILD 6 days ago
Considering Martin Sheen is a flaming liberal, I wonder if he was scared out of his mind being surrounded by that many screaming Confederates with guns. Hehe. If so I compliment his acting ability since he was able to stay in character very well.
RWT683 2 months ago
Was funny to see somebody in the comments call Robert E. Lee the 'king of the traitors'. If he knew any of the facts he'd know that Lee was one of the Virginians campaigning the hardest to preserve the Union. Once the secession happened he, like Davis, felt that loyalty to his home and friends overrode that to his nation. If anything, he was too loyal :P
I'm an Australian, so I'm neutral to it all, but I'm fascinated by how some people think the Civil War was black and white somehow...
JPH1138 2 months ago 2
less than 6% of Southerns had slaves most were fighting for their States rights and againest illegal taxes
1txrebel 2 months ago
I don't like the Confederation but I have a deep respect for Robert Lee. Greetings from Spain
samupipboy 2 months ago 2
obama anyone? lmao!
LJB85 2 months ago 2
@LJB85 Sure... as long as he's standing behind the kool aid stand collecting quarters. lozl!
FastPonyGT 2 months ago 11
@FastPonyGT Fuck off idiot..... Jesus Christ... what are you thinking??
jspee1965 4 weeks ago
@jspee1965 I believe and hope you have mistaken the context of my post. Do you realize I'm referring to Obama and not the most "noblest of Americans", Robert E. Lee? Would you care to clarify your post?
FastPonyGT 3 weeks ago
Robert E lee is my favorite general of america next top mcarthur.
koreathreekingdoms 2 months ago
@koreathreekingdoms My favorite General would have to be Patrick Cleburne who they called the "Stonewall of the West" then Robert E. Lee, then Stonewall Jackson, then Nathan Beford Forrest. I think all are the top 4 generals of the Civil War and some of the best in American history.
AUG351 2 months ago
@koreathreekingdoms ....MacArthur! are you kidding me? General MacArthure was teh most over rated general of all time....he was a lowlife pussy piece of shit that should have died before he reached puberty....I better not hear anyone say that macArthur was a good general and no EVER should say his name in the same sentance as General Lee....
bobbya16 2 months ago 3
@bobbya16 Yah Medal of Honor winners are pussie pieces of shit. Get a life.
KaiserReich98 1 month ago
@KaiserReich98 ....what did MacArthur do that was so great? do some research first asshole..look up what he did at the bonus march of 1932 then talk..he was a low life piece of shit just like you....so you get a life...
bobbya16 1 month ago
this scene brought tears to my eyes------a son of the south---a Virginiaian ---above alll a Great American
dougpal1963 2 months ago
an example, in the movie, of how one soldier wrote: "I'd charge hell itself for that old man." That's the kind of loyalty Lee inspired.
hollywoodwerewolf 2 months ago
His strategic thinking never seemed to include more than the State of Virginia, even the invasions to the north were to give Virginians room to harvest.
HenryClayTalleyrand 2 months ago
my great grand father gave his life for him :') i am so proud to be one of lee's children :')
Shoopda7 2 months ago 3
It was one time said, Lees men would lay seige to the ramparts of Hell and Damnation itself if given the order to! How many Generals in the last 160 years could say that they hard a army that would follow that command if given it?
RobertLee25 3 months ago
Robert E. Lee The Greatest American General in History
AUG351 3 months ago 2
it makes me cry watching this video..a great hero..long live the confederacy
vxjstango 3 months ago 29
@vxjstango Long live the Confederacy? It lasted for six years, and it has been gone for more than 146 years.
Crymson1 3 months ago
@Crymson1 oh leave him in his fantastical paradice why spoil it for him :D
samus404 3 months ago
@Crymson1 ur just a ignorant fool.. The confederacy still strong in the South, Look at how proud the confederate flag fly proudly in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina. Wake up on these facts boy.. Ur just a dumb Negro whose ancestors are slaves from Africa..
Southern Pride!
vxjstango 3 months ago
@vxjstango The Confederacy was a nation. It no longer exists. Nor does what it stood for, namely the brutal bigotry you so obviously still cling to. You're a small person.
Oh, and my ancestry is Irish and Polish. Nice try.
Crymson1 3 months ago
@Crymson1 - Yeah & s nation filled of even more bigotry who enabled slavery for much longer prior and still degraded and discriminated long after the civil war continued to flourish. Your an idiot. 97% of the men who fought for the south did not even own slaves. They stood for much more than the brainwashing lies you've been told and ignorantly continue to spread. You idiots worship Lincoln a man who only fought the war to preserve the Union and save his political reputation, not to end slavery
Bhobbs1985 3 months ago 3
@Bhobbs1985 The fact that you uttered the words "Your an idiot" is sufficiently indicative of your lack of intelligence for me to not read anything else you wrote.
Crymson1 2 months ago
@Crymson1 Oh the confederate nation doesnt exist huh? Then what are all those states colored in red, every election?
calimar28 59 minutes ago
@calimar28 Those are Republicans. I don't see your point.
Crymson1 21 minutes ago
@vxjstango one of the finest americans of all times!
greets from Germany
drfaul 2 months ago 2
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@ MsRobertelee who said: "Here's the thing: I will say whatever I want and use whatever name I want. If more people were like I, maybe this country would not be the pile of shit that it is. As for you, do youself and everyone a big favor ; shut up and kill yourself. "
Feel free to take your own advice you racist skank. This coming from the great-great grandson of a Confederate General. Knuckle-draggers like you are part of the reason the South is looked down upon today.
Lexington73300 3 months ago
He gave them victory. And they loved him for it.
TheLoyalOfficer 3 months ago
I really look up to a man like Robert E Lee. How is it possible that he can continue to perform so well and lead the whole army even when so many of his closest generals have died in combat under his command and decision making.
I know that he is greatly affected in his heart and his mind and his soul and so is General Longstreet. To be able to cope with such losses just simply showcases his character. I really really admire him. Someone that spurs me on in difficult times.
ConstantineJoseph 4 months ago
The real soldiers of the civil war would never have approached his horse to shake his hand. They had to much respect for the man to touch him or his horse.
HopperReport 4 months ago
Robert E. Lee FTW
Boozterr9711 4 months ago
why north didnt leave the south to decide if he want to live alone ?
hgoumenosefraim 4 months ago
Great man, in a wrong cause.
antonoine31 5 months ago
@antonoine31
Learn, and RESEARCH your history lad.
Fixkal 5 months ago
@antonoine31 AMEN
nr1osfan 4 months ago
this is my fave part
LJB85 5 months ago
If only Britain and France intervened in this war, the American Empire would be non-existent, and we would all not be living under the yoke of the Yankee plutocratic oppression.
DarthFanta 5 months ago
@DarthFanta It's interesting how, when talking about oppression, you Confederate yuppies conveniently forget the three million slaves being held by the Confederate states.
Crymson1 5 months ago
@Crymson1 hundreds of thousands on both sides died on the battlefields of America, which resulted in the end of slavery. whose forgetting that?
volwolf 3 months ago
@volwolf How does that relate to what I said or to the comment to which it was the response?
Crymson1 3 months ago
@Crymson1 I think it directly relates to your comment. I stand by it.
volwolf 3 months ago
@volwolf I don't see the connection.
Crymson1 3 months ago
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DarthFanta 5 months ago
What started out as a film piece changes very quickly.watch the opening sequenice,when sheen is in character.but watch the reinactors as they get carried away.{i believe they want it to be the real Lee} sheen and the other horse riders get bit worried!!theres an undercurrent in american southern society just waiting to rebel.
jonnykrim 5 months ago
@jonnykrim I also noticed this. Watching this, I have to agree with this observation--it seems the reinactors aren't just seeing Sheen as Lee, but they're seeing Gen. Lee himself. It is moving. I also like what another poster here said--it says a lot about Lee, that even now he can move men, even if the one in front of those men is an actor portraying him.
Milliardo5 4 months ago
Things are reverting back to the states. The feds suck big time.
lizardofoz77 5 months ago
This is my favorite scene in the movie, along with the music. Sheen knocked it out of the park. I loved these people for their bravery, but their flaws,made them real today, not fictionalized heros,marble statues, or faded photographs, I am a proud Irish re-enactor, my body is the North, but my heart will always be the South, and it's people. Capt Scoot Aldrich COf 42nd Vol Inf "The Old Penn Bucktails"
oldgoatstudios 5 months ago
You yankee boys can't bring yourselves to acknowledge the fact that if the original states that formed the union did not sign away their sovereignty. They protected it with the statements and reservation of the right to withdraw from that union if they so desired. Read the statement of New York and New Jersey. It is not hard to know and understand if you wish to know and understand.
TheCr1252 5 months ago
Nice video. Even though I am southern in my sympathies, there are thousands of AMERICANS who lost their lives west of the Appalachians (North and South) who never had a movie made about them and had families who grieved over them. It's the 150th anniversary. Can we please begin to remember Shiloh, Ft. Donelson, Perryville, Murphreesoro, Vicksburg Chickamauga, Atlanta etc
Voxpopuli1861 5 months ago
@Voxpopuli1861 It is true that so much of the fighting was done in Virginia, near the border with both capitols so near to each other, that the western front is often forgotten. I my memory gets fuzzy at times, but didn't General Lee say after the war that he regretted not using Forrest more than he did? Hard to blame him, Forrest was not a West Pointer, had zero prior military experience and was a bit of a wild card. Lee had influence in the west but he didn't have command there anyhoo.
stellalouise1 5 months ago
@Voxpopuli1861 The 150th anniversary of Gettysburg is in 2013.
Crymson1 5 months ago
@Crymson1 Hi Crymson. I, by no means want to understate the importance of Gettysburg. My ancestors' name is on a Pennsylvania monument there. I just want to make it clear that there are important battles (now completely unmentioned) that are going to be totally overlooked during the 150th anniversary in KY, TN, GA, LA, MS and many other states. And no, I'm not trying to romanticize the CSA. They lost most of the western battles.
Voxpopuli1861 4 months ago
@Voxpopuli1861 All the dead were Americans.
Crymson1 5 months ago
I fear we shall not see another like him
JesusMakeUpMyDyinBed 5 months ago
I'm a Northerner and I liked this video
crackshack2 5 months ago
If Confederate States of America was established as the main government rather than the Union or the United Stated of America, NO EUROPEAN BANKERS WILL TAKE OVER AMERICA. THAT'S ONE FAULT THAT MADE U.S. ECONOMY TREMBLE AND ABOVE ALL, BEING A SLAVE FOR THE ILLUMINATI'S FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
pogpog28 5 months ago
When the South lost the war...The people of these United States lost their livelihood. lincoln broke the Constitution and the Constitution and our rights have all gone down hill ever since 'til now. Our current...hmmm prez has broken the Constitution sooo many times and he still remains in office...WHY???
Travisab1 5 months ago 2
Can anyone make out anything the soldiers are saying?
Dan8125 6 months ago
@Dan8125 They are saying Sheen but dubbed it to say Lee
jermster17 6 months ago
He`s the greatest!!!!
Deo Vindice
MatzeNuss 6 months ago
The leader of traitors is the greatest traitor of them all. Enjoy your time in hell, General Lee.
mslavick 6 months ago
@mslavick
He'll roast there with Lincoln on the spit beside him.
Ottoman1337 6 months ago
we need a leader like bobby Lee today.
chrisgroppe 7 months ago 6
What's amazing here is that they charge onto the field, in range of Union artillery. They have put themselves in danger here. And they have done so because Lee, their beloved General has come to greet them. You talk about Love.
HaggenPagan26 7 months ago
@HaggenPagan26 This never happened. And had it, it would have been beyond Seminary Ridge, and thus well beyond both the sight range and the firing range of the Union artillery.
Crymson1 5 months ago
I'm wondering if Grant or Sherman were as loved by their men as was Lee.
volwolf 7 months ago 2
@volwolf**** 'I'm wondering if Grant or Sherman were as loved by their men as was Lee." *** The answer is NO. No military leader was as loved by their men in the Civil War as Lee was. He was a well liked, admired and popular person his entire life, from grade school to his death when he was president of Washington University (now Washington & Lee). He admired & hero worshiped Washington and made him his role model from boyhood, probably because his father was absent....it worked. Great man.
stellalouise1 6 months ago 3
@stellalouise1 McClellan was loved by his troops as much as Lee's loved him. Unfortunately for the Union, McClellan was an incompetent general.
Crymson1 5 months ago
@Crymson1 McClellan may have been loved by his troops but Lee was in command of the Army of Northern Virginia from the early months of the war and the relationship had time to grow through good times and bad. Lee is still a respected and admired person all over the south to this day. Not to impune McClellan but his personal influence has been nowhere near that of Lee's. His life and example before, during and after the war sealed his fate to be a hero forever in the South and elsewhere.
stellalouise1 5 months ago
How many of you know that Robert E. Lee's father was with Washington at Valley Forge as a well - respected cavalry captain, active in combat and that it was he who wrote about Washington - 'first in war, first in peace , first in the hearts of his countrymen". And that Robert E.'s wife was Martha Washington's granddaughter by her first husband.
pollyfrazer 7 months ago 2
2 people are Yankees.
zjohnson2814 7 months ago
Lee was a glorified cattle rustler;he stole 40,000 head of cattle from Pa.He should have been hanged.
TheGuard64 8 months ago
@TheGuard64 Can you tell us from which documentation you got this information? Lee's army certainly did not have much beef as part of their rations. 40,000 head of cattle could not have been driven by an army made up largely of infantry and artillery. I have never read of this in any records or letters from Confederate sources. Having that much beef to eat would have been mentioned in many letters because it would be so very rare to acquire.
PHG37VA 7 months ago
@TheGuard64 Can you tell us from which documentation you got this information? Lee's army certainly did not have much beef as part of their rations. 40,000 head of cattle could not have been driven by an army made up largely of infantry and artillery. I have never read of this in any records or letters from Confederate sources. Having that much beef to eat would have been mentioned in many letters because it would be so very rare to acquire. Lee would not have just wasted such a food source.
PHG37VA 7 months ago
@TheGuard64 Can you tell us from which documentation you got this information? Lee's army certainly did not have much beef as part of their rations. 40,000 head of cattle could not have been driven by an army made up largely of infantry and artillery. I have never read of this in any records or letters from Confederate sources. Having that much beef to eat would have been mentioned in many letters because it would be so very rare to acquire. Lee would not have just wasted this food source.
PHG37VA 7 months ago
@TheGuard64 Can you tell us from which documentation you found this information? Lee's army certainly did not have much beef as part of their rations. 40,000 head of cattle could not have been driven by an army made up largely of infantry and artillery. I have never read of this in any records or letters from Confederate sources. Having that much beef to eat would have been mentioned in many letters because it would be so very rare to acquire. Lee would not have just wasted this food source.
PHG37VA 7 months ago
@PHG37VA Good points do not need to be made three times in a row. :p
Loals 7 months ago
@Loals Absolutely right. Next time (i.e. now) I'll drink less coffee and click the "Post" only once.
PHG37VA 7 months ago
Thousands of men willing to march to their death's if given the order, and still love Lee. Not to mention being greatly respected and admired by his enemies.That speaks loads about the man.
ela1191 8 months ago 48
He went on to lead the Confederate Army to several major victories in battles such as The 7 days, Second Mannassas, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, Cold Harbor and the Crater despite often being outnumbered 2 to 1 and having fewer weapons or supplies humiliating and leading to the sacking of a string of federal generals in the process. General Lee was one of the greatest military leaders of all time and remains a hero to millions of Americans to this day.
tHeWasTeDYouTh 8 months ago 40
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@tHeWasTeDYouTh Too bad he chose to fight for such a bad cause.
catsareweapons 7 months ago
I would agree to a point, but what the Federals did to the South, Sheridan and Sherman most specifically, I can't say I would hesitate to pick up a gun and defend my family and friends from such atrocities. Slavery is a bad cause to fight for without question, but how many people fought for slaves in the South is a matter of debate, the consensus seems to be states rights and secession, but as Lee said I cannot fight against my home and family. I can't imagine many of us could either.
Frankcastle522 7 months ago 4
@Frankcastle522 Yes, and approximately 90% of the southern soldiers did not own slaves. They were fighting for other reasons as you mention.
volwolf 7 months ago 11
@tHeWasTeDYouTh And he lost to Grant in the end.
Ares99999 6 months ago
@Ares99999 dude when you are fighting an enemy that is ten times bigger than you eventually you will lose
only way you can win is make it so costly to him the people will lose the will to fight
like in Vietnam, South was fucked from the start
tHeWasTeDYouTh 6 months ago 2
@tHeWasTeDYouTh Chancellorsville came before Gettysburg, great military leader yes, hero??? Um no, he fought for 50 state instead of one nation and to enslave million, That's no hero.
oneputtsteven 5 months ago
@tHeWasTeDYouTh well said!
tarheelsTM 5 months ago
@tHeWasTeDYouTh I believe that Gen. Lee is one of the few men in history where you can truthfully say that his unparalleled success was also his undoing. If his results were more mixed and his army not nearly as successful as it was, an invasion of the north would never have been considered, Gettysburg never happens, and Lincoln is ousted in 1864.
snappy452 3 months ago
With the words ""With all my devotion to the Union and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home. I have therefore resigned my commission in the army and save in defense of my native state, with the sincere hope that my poor services may never be needed
tHeWasTeDYouTh 8 months ago
Vive les soldats confédérés! Vivel le général Lee!
jerrymail 8 months ago
Almost brings tears to my eyes.
coddsac65 8 months ago
Martin Sheen was magnificent as General Robert E. Lee. I have never seen a better protrayal of the General. Sheen is a fine actor and a magical casting choice for this epic role. He should get an award for his great performance. Sheen is as close to Lee as it gets.
vasallizinni 8 months ago
@vasallizinni I thought Duvall had the better look of General Lee, but Sheen captured the soul and essence of the man
DSVII 8 months ago
this is for ddcarnley and all the rest of you do gooders. First of all I'm not Southern. I'm from North Jersey. I recently went back to see the small town that I grew up in. It's not there anymore. Just like the rest of this country , it's gone. Destroyed by foreigners, blacks on welfare, stinking middle eastern pigs on Section 8. All destroyed. So all of you can go to hell because America is in the toilet because of them and you. I'm still looking for America.
MsRobertelee 8 months ago
@MsRobertelee Please for the love of God will you not destroy that name will spitting you ignorant racist bullshit. It is unbecoming of a gentleman and Lee would not stand for such a thing
jmoney6565 8 months ago
@jmoney6565 Here's the thing: I will say whatever I want and use whatever name I want. If more people were like I, maybe this country would not be the pile of shit that it is. As for you, do youself and everyone a big favor ; shut up and kill yourself.
MsRobertelee 8 months ago
@MsRobertelee you clearly don't know shit about Lee. your just some pissed off racist divorcee who can never find any happiness, so rather than dealing with your own issues you find people of another color to dump your problems on. It's a rather moot point but i contest that it is unprogressive racist like you that are holding this country back.
jmoney6565 7 months ago
@jmoney6565 : Since we in the judging mode; let's set the record straight. I have worked hard all of my life. I'm not a divorcee. I'm 73 years old, married to the same man for 52 years, have two children and four grandsons. I will try to teach them all that I know because I am right. My country is ruined because of foriegners and idiots like you who are too stupid to realize that this country is in the toilet. So do everyone a favor and go back to whatever stinking country you came from.
MsRobertelee 7 months ago
@MsRobertelee O ok my bad I guess I was wrong, your just someone's racist ole grandma. I would just like to say sorry for calling you a divorcee, by the way who taught you to use the internet?
jmoney6565 7 months ago
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Lee had a dark story that has been recently discovered. It was about Lee´s sadism with his slaves girls. Looks like Lee was a pedophile and a pimp, who sold and buy almost white slave girls, and separated their babies from the moms. It really looks nasty. Read more at: leepapers.blogspot.com
There is a newly published book titled "Reading the Man". it is gonna bring down the Myth.
powerdriller10 9 months ago
@powerdriller10 Total bullshit!!! Stop reading shit written by fucktards and look at the real facts insteed. Fucker.
JohnAnderssonTV 9 months ago
@JohnAnderssonTV "Powerdriller10" is "RonPaulHatesBlacks" and his now 60 sock accounts on YouTube. He will type the same shit and quote the same shit. Half of his "Friends" are just himself. You would all laugh if I told you he retired down to Texas. Mark is just a mental nut case that goes after General Lee. He writes that General Lee had "White Babies" with his female "Black' slaves. Interesting how "White" babies mixed black, would be white, lol. Just ignore the John Brown troll.
rebel2276 8 months ago
I'm not a Southerner, but I do have a full heart of respect for General Robert E. Lee. His passion for his men and his leadership were awesome. The men who served under him gave their lives serving for the ONLY General in the Civil War that truly LOVED his men and Country. Martin Sheen did an awesome job portraying General Robert E. Lee in Gettysburg.
DELTA1978THETA 10 months ago 2
@DELTA1978THETA I agree with everything you said except for the last sentence. Martin Sheen played Lee as some half-crazed idiot. From what I have read about Lee was nothing like this. Despite facing a Union Army with superior numbers, weaponry, and supplies Lee's leadership came close to winning against all odds. Sheen did not even look the part - he is short and dumpy. Lee was tall (for that time) and wirey. Sheen's southern accent was atrocious. A Southern actor should have played Lee.
volwolf 9 months ago
this is just my favourite part of the whole movie....very sad that i'll never met him in person
SamMumm123 10 months ago
@SamMumm123
i have a special relationship with the man. With all his faults, it is his honor that always comes through. I have walked by his homes and I felt a kinship, a type of manliness I could only hope to reach.
jjholiday1887 8 months ago
If you watch it with the fact that it was sponanious in mind, the scene is actually much more moving!
calimar28 10 months ago
This scene was so well done and really brings out the spirit of all American soldiers North and South. Martin Sheen was fantastic and really brought out the way he felt about his troops and the music could have not been used any better.This scene was one of a kind. Maybe the top 2 or 3 scenes of film history!!!!!
Patriot751 10 months ago
I'm not a Southerner, but by God I love this scene. You know that Lee's men loved him and would have gone through the gates of hell for him. This is a tremendous movie and a fair look at both sides of the war.
calendarpage 10 months ago
@calendarpage Funny thing, this scene was not planned. Martin Sheen rode out into the troops, and the troops went nuts, so the studio kept the camaras rolling. Totally spontainous scene, and after it was filmed, the director decided to keep it in the movie.
calimar28 10 months ago
@calimar28 Well, you learn something new everyday. For something that was unplanned, it really helps to make the movie. I can imagine this happening in real life.
calendarpage 10 months ago
@calendarpage Yep, Sheen rode out just to meet the guys, and they all went crazy because to them, it was Lee. They are not yelling "Sheen", but they are yelling "Lee, Lee". they are probebly feeling the same thing the real guys did in 1863 if Lee rode out there like that, and for this brief moment, we get to see the real emotion that was probebly displayed in reality. Haunting. Very moving.
calimar28 10 months ago
@calimar28 From IMDB : The scene shortly before Pickett's charge where Lee is cheered by the troops was impromptu. Some of the supporting cast had organized a 'Thank you' for Martin Sheen, and the reenactors ran out cheering for him. When the film of this incident was looked over it was dubbed over with troops yelling 'Lee' rather than 'Sheen' and added to the film.
:)
Tebok73509 9 months ago