Gettysburg and the South

I met some new people at the school at a party last week. One couple I met has a daughter who is a junior at Gettysburg College. The wife mentioned that very few Southerners go to Gettysburg. There is one high school senior from Lexington who is going next year. Another person added, "And [General] Lee was there." (It took me a little bit to catch who he meant, so I clarified for you.) Then he proceeded to crack up for a while, nearly crying, while the rest of us just shook our heads.