It's pretty popular these days to attack American history and try to completely rewrite it to suit a particular agenda and ideology. But one thing we must always remember in this day and age is that to fight revisionist history, we ourselves need to be well informed about the truth behind what they are trying to rewrite. With that having been said here is a long, but worthwhile read, on the truth behind Robert E. Lee...
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/26241