I have been increasingly hearing that all who fought for the Confederacy, particularly those who had formerly been in the United States military, were traitors.
Was secession legal? If it was legal, then no one who fought for the Confederacy were traitors. Author William E. Williams believes secession was legal. After all, New England came dangerously close to secession because of their opposition to the War of 1812. They believed secession was legal. (And then, they said the South's secession was illegal 49 years later.)
"Confederate generals were fighting for independence from the Union just as George Washington and other generals fought for independence from Great Britain. Those who label Gen. Robert E. Lee as a traitor might also label George Washington as a traitor. I'm sure Great Britain's King George III would have agreed."
To be a Traitor Or Not To Be. --Old Secesh
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