Was Robert E. Lee a spy?

Answer 1

Nope!

2nd Answer:

Lee was perhaps a traitor? Could have been a spy? Not that much different.

I do believe that the Rebels could have won the American Civil War, but mistakes were made. And if not mistakes, then things done or left undone were done on purpose. Why the Rebel Army did not take Washington (the Capital) after routing the Union Army at Bull Run (Manassas) is questionable. Why did General Robert E. Lee, not listen to General Longstreet's, and other general's, advice at Gettysburg and take the high ground there at Big and Little Round Tops? After this was not done, why didn't Lee take Longstreet's solid advice to redeploy the Rebel Army to a different location, on a ground of their own choosing, where they had the advantage again? Lee took that advice as a sign of retreat, and Lee never retreated. Lee wanted Gettysburg to be the FINAL BATTLE. Lee was against the dissolution of the Union, and Slavery, but chose to lead the Rebel Army because he felt his loyalties lay with his home state of Virginia. Lee was willing to sacrafice everything "but honor" to keep the Union intact, he said.

Was Lee a traitor to the Confederate Nation? Perhaps. Confederate General Pickett, after losing his entire Division at Gettysburg, later said about General Robert E. Lee, "That old man had my Division massacred". Union General George McClellan once said the Union General William T. Sherman was "gone in the head". Was Lee "gone in the head"? Did he perhaps think he was Jesus Christ? Rebel foot soldier, and high private, Sam Watkins, wrote in his memoirs that he once grabbed the reins of Lee's horse, which was loose. Upon taking the horse back to Lee, Lee said to Watkins, "Thank you my son". Watkins wrote also that he wanted to go up to Lee, about that same time, and say, "Hi Uncle Bob!", and wasn't sure later if he hadn't done just that. Watkins wrote that General Lee had no sword or gun on him, and no rank insignia.