I have to dig it up, but I subscribe to a civil war magazine that is very old and reality based, no lib nonsense, but they had a whole article like 15 years ago about how this guy was conman and had some of his letters printed and the records that he never worked for Lee. They had letters from him to his son if I recall where he was bragging about conning the Daughters of the Confederacy out of room and board for months.
General Lee was a constant letter writer and mentioned almost all of his servants by name, and he never mentioned William Mack Lee.
I found a print of an earlier version of the article.
I have to dig it up, but I subscribe to a civil war magazine that is very old and reality based, no lib nonsense, but they had a whole article like 15 years ago about how this guy was conman and had some of his letters printed and the records that he never worked for Lee. They had letters from him to his son if I recall where he was bragging about conning the Daughters of the Confederacy out of room and board for months.
General Lee was a constant letter writer and mentioned almost all of his servants by name, and he never mentioned William Mack Lee.
I found a print of an earlier version of the article.
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There's a great line at the end: With most people getting their news from newspapers, there's no wonder the history they are getting is bunk.
I did not know this. I just deleted the post. Sorry frens!