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When Robert E. Lee Met John Brown and Saved the Union
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In an excerpt from ‘Clouds of Glory,’ biographer Michael Korda describes how as a U.S. Army officer, Lee adroitly quelled John Brown’s 1859 insurrection at Harper’s Ferry.
Michael Korda
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May 15 2014
5:45AM EDT
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