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The enemy is here, and if we do not whip him, he will whip us.
Robert E. Lee
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Robert E. Lee
Age: 63 †
Born: 1807
Born: January 19
Died: 1870
Died: October 12
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Robert Edward Lee
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Gen. Robert Edward Lee
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