The Loyal Lee: Robert E. Lee's cousin took the war to the South with the Union Navy

The Loyal Lee: Robert E. Lee's cousin took the war to the South with the Union Navy

The Civil War challenged the loyalties of countless Americans across the nation, tearing apart families and destroying friendships. Far from the clear division between North and South that many subpar summaries of the Civil War project, the conflict forced some of the nation’s leading and rising military officers to choose sides based on competing loyalties, views on slavery and secession, political convictions, and their understanding of the ob…