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THERE WERE VERY FEW CSA MEDALS AWARDED TO ANYONE. MOST OF THOSE FEW HAVE BEEN POST-BELLUM AND/OR POSTHUMOUS AWARDS. ALTHOUGH GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD LEE WAS, ARGUABLY,WORTHY OF AWARDS AND MEDALS FROM THE CSA, HE PROBABLY EARNED MEDALS DURING HIS IMPECCABLE CAREER IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY INSTEAD OF DURING HIS SERVICE IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY. LEE WAS PRESENTED MANY OFFERS AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, BUT THESE WERE FINANCIAL AND OPPORTUNISTIC IN NATURE SO LEE REFUSED THEM. LEE GRADUATED FROM WEST POINT AT THE TOP OF HIS CLASS AND WITHOUT ONE, SINGLE, SOLITARY DEMERIT. HIS SON, CUSTIS LEE, LATER GRADUATED FIRST IN HIS CLASS. LEE SERVED WELL IN THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR. LEE SERVED AS COMMANDANT AT WEST POINT. AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, LEE HEADED WASHINGTON COLLEGE (NOW WASHINGTON & LEE). WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD LEE REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST HONORABLE FIGURES IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

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