It was not until the 1930s that West Point began honoring graduates who had fought against the United States in the Confederate army. Every previous attempt had been met with resistance and a reminder that men like Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson had chosen to resign their commissions in the United States army to fight for…
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