You're putting words in my mouth that were never there. You're the one perpetuating class distinctions, when neither I, nor Robert Lee, made any such distinctions with that particular directive.

Whether or not Robert Lee was a racist bigot isn't in discussion. He recognized he did wrong against his country and, for once, he apologized.

The fact that he was a racist bigot honestly doesn't need to be addressed since it is assumed that everyone was. Especially when you realize that Teddy fucking Roosevelt was an extremely progressive racist bigot nearly 25 years later, and he is revered as one of the most progressive presidents in history.