CSA Signature Series - Robert E Lee Lapel Pin (Our Guys) - 1"

For over a century-and-a-half, Robert E. Lee has been revered as a model Christian by admirers both North and South, for his role before, during, and after the most cataclysmic event this country has ever experienced, a bloody war that pitted brother against brother, citizen against citizen, state against state, for five brutal years. Countless Southern families named their sons after him. He has been praised by Presidents and featured on postage stamps. States named schools and roads after him. Perhaps most importantly, the men who knew him best vouched for his conduct as "the marble man" -- from his early days at West Point, through the wars, until his final diaconate meeting the night before his death in 1870. 

Douglas S. Freeman writes, “Over his movements as a soldier he hesitated often, but over his acts as a man, never. There was but one question ever: What was his duty as a Christian and a gentleman? That he answered by the sure criterion of right and wrong, and, having answered, acted. Everywhere the two obligations went together; he never sought to expiate as a Christian for what he had failed to do as a gentleman, or to atone as a gentleman for what he had neglected as a Christian. He could not have conceived of a Christian who was not a gentleman.”

Anyone considering buying a lapel pin of Robert E Lee needs no introduction to the man. But we do owe him undeniable gratitude, honor, and emulation. Above all, he was a Christian man of action -- as we should be as well.

This Robert E Lee Lapel Pin is a 1" pin, and includes his historical signature.

To learn more about Lee, I highly recommend reading: 

A Life of General Robert E. Lee

Gray Fox: Robert E. Lee and the Civil War

For younger readers: The Life of Robert E. Lee for Young Gentlemen

This is the third of a 5 pin series called "Our Guys Signature - CSA" honoring some of the greatest men of the Southern Cause. Stay tuned for upcoming releases including Nathan Bedford Forrest and Jefferson Davis, and access the initial pin releases of RL Dabney and Stonewall Jackson in our shop.