Why does the US honor confederate ranks? Like besides the whole traitor thing, Lee was a colonel. The confederacy made him a general but he never was one in the American military.

April 09, 2026 - 15:24 UTC

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It's because the North started the conflict. They invaded the South. The latter were merely defending themselves. States had a right to secede from the Union back then, since the Constitution is silent on that.
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I'm not gonna get into arguing over some right of secession stuff here.

None of that would explain why Lee is called a general when he never was a general in service of the United States.
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it is actually amazing that you're so wrong. did you learn that in school and just never became intellectually curious enough to find out the truth?
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Wrong on both counts.

The Confederacy attacked the Union first (Fort Sumpter). And the Constitution clearly states that membership of the Union is a federal matter.
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