“When Lee consulted his brothers, sister and local clergymen, he found that most leaned toward the Union,” Pryor wrote. “At a grim dinner with two close cousins, Lee was told that they also intended to uphold their military oaths… Sister Anne Lee Marshall unhesitatingly chose the northern side, and her son outfitted himself in blue uniform.” Pryor noted that some 40 percent of Virginia officers “would remain with the Union forces.”
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