According to the lyrics of the Johnny Cash’s song “God bless Robert E. Lee,” General Lee’s perspective was that of a man who had grown tired of war, and of death on all counts. Likewise, Lee was acting as a humanitarian, trying to end the war when further bloodshed would have been futile. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox’s courthouse, Virginia was seen as common sense.
Johnny Cash sincerely admire General Lee, and I would guess he wrote this song as a real tribute to that General. It is my opinion that Cash’s admiration for Lee comes from Lee’s compassion for soldiers on both sides. Another possible reason is that despite all the loss of life and property, Lee still believed in the calls he fought for which was ultimately his love for the State of Virginia.
They key figures that Johnny Cash talks about in his song are Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate State of America, William Tecumseh Sherman, and Ulysses grant Union General. The central perspective of this song is that of Cash himself, he portrays himself as a diehard southerner who also just like Lee believed in the notion of the lost cause of the Confederacy.
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