I think Badger tried to quote JimRTex but quoted Mr. Reactionary instead. Robert E Lee was a traitor, Jim. You arguing the validity of that is... sad. Let's go with "sad".
Do you think the so-called "loyalists" who moved to Ontario after 1783 were traitors?
It was the rebel scum who didn't like paying taxes to pay for the French and Indian War that George Washington started and which the end result was so beneficial to the colonies that were the traitors, and would have been widely recognized as such had they lost.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason.