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    matter how much something can differ some characteristics are shared. As strange as it sounds it’s very true, both Grant and Lee are two different yet similar people. As these two fights for what they believe in, though their beliefs are different they share some qualities. Ulysses S. Grant wanted the nation to expand and look forward towards the future. Robert E. Lee thought that an old aristocratic way of life was the better choice and that it can survive and dominant in American life.

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    Robert E Lee Is Dead

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    charming and entertaining way. Of these short stories is one called “Robert E. Lee Is Dead”, which is a story told by Crystal, an African-American who was a student at Robert E. Lee High School. Robert E Lee High School’s students were from Lakewood and Eastdale, and the school was basically the only thing the two communities had in common . Lakewood was more of an upper-class society that produced the “privileged” students

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    Robert E Lee Analysis

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    The article, declares about how people in the United States start to struggle on how white nationalist want hatred towards to so called other Americans. People want to confederate statue of Robert E. Lee, but people were against the idea so the resulted with violence. The author must have gathered the information through news and social media. The article specified on to the people who witnessed the protest for the statue and the nationalists who don’t want the other Americans in their country. The

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    Biography Of Robert E. Lee

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    often hear stories about the famous Iron Brigade and its tenacious fighting ability or of the “fighting” 69th Irish Regiment of New York but many historians have overlooked the epic sacrifices Southern soldiers endured. Sure, everyone has heard of Robert E. Lee or “Stonewall” Jackson, but the men under their command are the reasons for their fame. Many times, the men from a certain geographical region are grouped together, whose combined regiments formed brigades. This paper is a tribute to the men of

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    the armies. On the Confederate side was a leading general, Robert E. Lee. Evidence supports that Robert E. Lee was a valuable member

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    Robert Edward Lee was born on January 19th, in 1807. He was born in Stratford, Virginia. Lee’s family has a history of power such as, having a president in the family, a chief justice in the United States, and also signers of the Declaration of Independence. His father is Colonel Henry Lee; his nickname is “Light-Horse Harry”. His father was a cavalry leader in the Revolutionary War. He also was known as one of the heroes for the war and he won praise from General George Washington. When Robert turned

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    foundation – equality or slavery. Robert E. Lee fought for the south, while Ulysses S. Grant fought for the north. Despite his fighting platform being in the defense of slavery, Robert E. Lee’s military genius cannot be ignored. Grant as well had his strengths and weaknesses, but in very different parts of his life than that of Lee. Bill Offer, a history professor at Panola Community College, said, “History may never see two men so different than that of Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant.” Although

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    After the violence and attacks in Charlottesville, a debate is raging on whether or not to take down Robert E Lee and other confederate monuments or to leave them up. Those for taking down the confederate monuments argue that the monuments are equated with the slavery era and should therefore come down. Those on the other side say that the monuments represent southern pride and that they should stay up. The debate says is why not take down all monuments that supported slavery according to Washington

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    Lee was born in the slave state of Virginia on January 19, 1807; fifteen years before Ulysses S. Grant, who was born in Ohio, a free state, on the 27th of April, 1822. The two generals led very different lives: Grant came from a religious, hard working, and relatively poor background, Lee was from an honorable family with a respectable amount of money. The two generals studied in the United States

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    gathered recently in Charlottesville, Virginia, for a “Unite the Right” protest. The protest quickly escalated from a peaceful rally to a violent outcry. The original protest centered around the proposed removal a statue of Confederate leader Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville’s Emancipation Park. White supremacists and nationalists were dismayed by the plan to remove Lee’s statue -- some because they think the General deserves to be recognized for his place in history, but others -- and those who

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