Fraternity-Testvériség, 1961 (39. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1961-02-01 / 2. szám

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FRATERNITY

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

tenant Colonel Lee had become a private citizen and, finally, a General of the opposing army.

To understand why his state meant more to him than his country, we have to look into Lee's background.

Born at Stratford, Virginia, January 19, 1807, Robert Edward Lee had been reared in the traditions of a, family well reputed in the affairs of state and nation.

In 1831, two years after his graduation from West Point, he married Mary Ann Randolph Custiss, great granddaughter of Martha Washington and heiress to much of the Washington property. If Lee had been a staunch Virginian before, he was now doubly bound by the union of the two foremost families of the state.

While Lee was growing up, another young man was preparing to make his mark in the world. This one had no illustrious family, no fine schools to help him. But he became the man who appealed to Robert E. Lee to help in saving the nation.

Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky's backwoods February 12, 1809. His father could barely write his oxen name, and when