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That isn't exactly true...
"So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that Slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interest of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this that I would have cheerfully lost all that I have lost by the war, and have suffered all that I have suffered to have this object attained."
~ Robert E. Lee
Lee actually didn't want slavery - he actually didn't even want to succeed from the Union, however, loyalty to a persons state was almost (possibly more so) as important as loyalty to country back then. He fought for the south because Virginia fought for the south, not because he wanted slavery to continue.
We can argue the merits of that decision, or his privilege, however, to lump him in with people who are actually racist is a stretch.