From Unionist to Confederate Firebrand — How the Civil War Changed Mrs. Robert E. Lee

“Broken and heartsick, betrayed at every turn by the Union she had once cherished, Mary wrote to her daughter Agnes, ‘Our duty is plain, to resist until death.’” By Dorothy Love A great-granddaughter of Martha…

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