...accept appointment under the new government. He wrote Anne Marshall, his sister, about one of them: "I have not been able to make up my mind to raise...hand against my relatives, my children, my home." From the earliest times in Western history, the cardinal principle of honor was family defense. To...

...sister on April 10, 1861: "With all my devotion to the Union and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make...my children, my home. I have therefore resigned my commission in the Army, and save in defense of my native State, with the sincere hope that my poor...

...to his sister, explained: With all my devotion to the union and the feelings of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make...raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home.14 On December 27, 1856, Robert E. Lee wrote to his wife: Slavery as an institution is a moral...

...the Union and also his reported opposition to slavery. "With all my devotion to the Union," he wrote, "I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home If the Union is dissolved, and the Government disrupted, I shall return to my native State and share...

...[resigning from the US Army]. With all my devotion to the Union and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make...my children, my home. I have therefore resigned my commission in the Army, and save in defense of my native state (with the sincere hope that my poor...

...person,' he wrote, 'I had to meet the question whether I should take part against my native State ; I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my...hand against my relatives, my children, my home.' "It may have been treason to take this position; the man who took it, uttering these words and sacrificing...

...against my native state. With all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make...children, my home. I have, therefore, resigned my commission in the Army "ll ampton County, Virginia, for "military skill, bravery, and noble deportment"...

...Baltimore. She was for the Union. With all my devotion to the Union and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make...my hand against my relatives, my children, my home. 2 One of the most celebrated cases of divided loyalty was that of Sir Thomas More, the Lord Chancellor...

...to his sister he wrote: "With all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make...hand against my relatives, my children, my home." In his letter of resignation, sent to General Winfield Scott, he spoke of "the struggle it has cost...

...war. LOYALTY AND BETRAYAL "For all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make...hand against my relatives, my children, my home." - Robert E Lee unfire breeds fear. When brothers start firing muskets and •cannons at each other,...