Difference between the Civil War and now is that both sides were pro America during the civil war. Both sides claimed George Washington, put him on money. Today the left despises George Washington and the founders. forget putting him on money. They're tearing down his statue

It was the "CSA", the "Confederate States Of America". They weren't Anti American at all. The South believed they were the ones trying to preserve America. You can disagree with them all you'd like, but they did not hate America like today's left does

Today's leftists are so repulsed by George Washington and the Founders that they're having to remove murals at schools that depict him - That the kids were traumatized by them. . The hatred of the country by today's left is like nothing we've ever seen

Remember that Robert E. Lee was literally married into the same family as George Washington - The Custis family. Robert E. Lee's wife, Mary Custis, was the daughter of George Washington Parke Custis - George Washington's adopted son, and Martha Washington's biological grandson

So Robert E. Lee's father-in-law was George Washington's adopted son