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  • n  American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)
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  • Confederates arrive for first time in Gettysburg
    News of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia crossing the Potomac River had caused great anxiety throughout the North. For weeks, rumors were rampant that Confederates were just over the next hillside, approaching the town. Now, reality replaced rumors and Confederates approached the town of Gettysburg, Pa. The historic battle had yet to happen, but on June 26, 1863, the first Confederates ...
    June 23, 2013 - The Biloxi Sun Herald
  • 'All bells were tolled' after Reynolds fell at Gettysburg
    At 11 a.m. on dreary, rainy Saturday, July 4, 1863, as Gen. Robert E. Lee's battered Army of Northern Virginia was retreating from Gettysburg, a train chugged into the Lancaster station at Queen and Chestnut streets, bearing that battle's most prestigious casualty.Maj. Gen. John Fulton Reynolds, who...
    June 23, 2013 - Lancaster Online
  • Lee High School testing for tuberculosis after reported outbreak
    Fairfax County’s health department is operating special clinics at Robert E. Lee High School in Springfield after three people at the school were diagnosed with active tuberculosis.
    June 21, 2013 - The Fairfax County Times

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