Many in the South including J. Davis rejected any talk of surrender, wanted soldiers to scatter and fight guerrilla warfare, but Lee knew this would only extend the pain of war to his countryman, and further destroy the south. Lee's shown himself as great, and honorable man with an unassailable character after the war, as anything he did before the war. It has been said that Lee when confronted with the idea of a Guerilla campaign said, "Guerilla was is a young man's game, and I am to old". Those that make this claim are attempting to say that had Lee been younger, he would have continued the fight, but actual documentation shows that Lee never considered Guerrilla warfare at the time of his surrender, and that Lee may have considered a guerrilla war is a myth.