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Figure United States conqueror

Robert E. Lee

1807 CE – 1870 CE · 63 years

The general who chose his state over his country, won battles that should have been impossible, lost the war that mattered most, and became the most contested figure in American memory.

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1839 CE – 1895 CE

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1735 CE – 1826 CE

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3000 BCE – still standing

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Attested 1800 CE – 1815 CE

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1709 CE – 1876 CE

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