Lee, Robert E.

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A general of the nineteenth century; the commander of Confederate troops during the Civil War. Before the war, he led the marines who put down the insurrection by John Brown at Harpers Ferry and took Brown captive. In the war, he led the Army of Northern Virginia and won the Battle of Chancellorsville but lost the Battle of Gettysburg. He surrendered to the Union army, under the command of Ulysses S. Grant, at Appomattox Court House in 1865.

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Lee's excellence of character and brilliance as a general won him the respect of people on both sides of the war.

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Lee and Coogan did briefly meet with the pope, with pictures to prove it, but no one at the Vatican officially screened the film.
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Twelve-year-old dance prodigy Maddie Ziegler has suffered the wrath of Dance Moms tyrant Abby Lee Miller.
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“You can imagine the sound of that gun on a Bronx street,” Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce says.
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So, in an unusual order (PDF) issued on New Years Day, District Judge Robert Hinkle clarified the issue.
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What stuck in my mind were the two supporting actors, Gloria Grahame and Lee Marvin.
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E was an Esquire, with pride on his brow; F was a Farmer, and followed the plough.
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Many had predicted that Robert would devote himself to Mrs. Pontellier when he arrived.
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Madame Ratignolle begged Robert to accompany her to the house; she complained of cramp in her limbs and stiffness of the joints.
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Robert Fitzgerald received a patent in England for making salt water fresh.
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Robert uttered a shrill, piercing whistle which might have been heard back at the wharf.
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