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Here is a question for a southern resident: why does Virginia have numerous statues of Robert e Lee, but none of another native born Virginian who was a general during the civil war, George Henry Thomas?
Good question. There are two main reasons: Lee was in command of the Army of Northern Virginia at the end of the war, and 2) Lee was a Confederate leader, that following the war and for over a century to come, was respected by Northerners and Southerners, Republicans and Democrats for a number of reasons based on his character, actions, and public statements and writings. It was a Democrat President, House, and Senate that put a statue of Lee in Statuary Hall on Capital Hill in the 1960's.