And Lee & others had taken an oath to "..protect and defend the Constitution" etc etc - he, Davis, and all of the upper echelon of Southern Aristocracy who fomented and participated in the Rebellion should have been hanged (as they all feared they would be at the end of the war). But here we are...
Lincoln was too busy signing off on the mass hanging of Native Americans.
Not quite. Lincoln was too busy being dead from a GSW given to him by a Southern sympathizer and his VP, Andrew Johnson, was too busy gutting whatever restrictions on the South might have at least slowed down the rise of the Lost Cause. But do go on with your narrative.
Read and learn, son. share.google/sTDkV8Kqax2A...
You would be surprised at how many people think that this is the "extremist" view. Should have been all commissioned officers, at the very least IMO.