to all those who mix in Lee with Jefferson and Washington.

[Yupster]

30. So, I gather you don't like Lee. That's fine but

but don't let your dislike become nonsense. As example, you said ...

"the only one of his subordinate commanders to survive the war was Longstreet, and even he had been badly wounded."

Using Lee's most famous defeat at Gettysburg as the example of when his army was at its strongest, he divided the ANV into three corps, each of three divisions.

First Corps (Longstreet)

Longstreet died in 1904
Pickett died in 1875
Hood died in 1879
McClaws died in 1897

Second Corps (Ewell)

Ewell died in 1872
Early died in 1894
Allegheny Johnson died in 1873
Rodes died on Sept 19, 1864

Third Corps (Hill)

AP Hill died on April 2, 1865
Robert Anderson died in 1879
Heth died in 1899
Pender died on July 18, 1863

As you can see, most of his principal; subordinates did survive the war. It was indeed a dangerous job especially in the Confederate Army where they were normally outnumbered and outgunned.

I note that most of the deaths were late in the war when generals made desperate attempts to keep things together. Pender died from his wound at Gettysburg.