Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Lee” in article 3 of The Daily Dispatch: January 20, 1865., [Electronic resource]:
... the cause should perish, Lee will live.
Time can do him no wrong.
Should it be the decree of Providence that our people be exterminated and the land made desolate, the name and fame of Robert E. Lee , like the pyramids in the Egyptian desert, will stand a monument of former power and glory, exciting alike the wonder and the admiration of mankind.-- Macon Telegraph and Confederacy.
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