A review by brookiet1220
Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause by Ty Seidule

informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

This book is hard to categorize because while it is part Civil War history lecture, it is part memoir as well. Although Gen. Seidule had tremendous things to say in the first two-thirds of the book, chapters 6 and 7 were the most informative. It was interesting to learn how much blame politicians placed on West Point for the Civil War and learn the history behind the oath thousands of cadets take each year. It was fascinating to learn that most members of the extended Lee family were Unionists.