Robert E. Lee refuses command of the Union Army

"I never thought I'd live to see the day that a president of the United States would raise an army to invade his own country."

A clip from the movie Gods and Generals, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279111/

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• confederacy
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[Turnback]

Very inaccurate scene. Lee did have a meeting with Blair but this was one of several meetings, including one with Winfield Scott. He never decided this quickly to resign his commission. He agonized over this. Although his commitment to Virginia as portrayed here is correct. Still, this movie sucks for getting just about everything wrong.

[Zappiss]

@Turnback True, the movie has many historical inaccuracies... but this is a nice scene anyway.

[Turnback]

@Zappiss Agreed.

[KnightOwl2006]

"I never thought I'd live to see the day that a president of the United States would raise an army to invade his own country."

It's happening again.

[schimmelfennig1863]

Virginia!