... the war. This battle was known as the Battle of Bull Run. Without this letter, no one perhaps would know the first victory for the south. "I shall return to my native state and share the miseries of my people; and save in defense, will draw my sword on none." -Robert E. Lee If Lee didn't write this in his letter to his ... son, no one would know how he felt about the civil war. He thought it was useless. The only reason he fought was to defend his home and land. If he ... many of famous people that had taken time to write letters and journals to love ones and/or just to document their...

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... the use of condoms. Joycelyn Elders was born Minnie Lee Jones in Schaal, Arkansas on August 13, 1933. She changed her name to Minnie Joycelyn Lee (later using just Joycelyn). A native of Schall, Arkansas, Dr. Elders is the oldest of eight children. She never saw a physician prior to her first year of college. At the age of 15 she received a scholarship ... distribution of condoms, and the legalization of drugs. Her passion and outspokenness enraged Republicans and often upset the Clinton administration. She writes with about such personal tragedies like her youngest son's drug addition ...

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