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	Podcast:		Grant and Lee
	Episode:		Lee chapter 9
	Category:		Arts and Design
	Duration:		00:00:00
	Publish Date:		2011-05-24 02:00:00
	Description:		At this time--April, 1861--General Lee was fifty-four years of age, and may be said to have been in the ripe vigor of every faculty. Physically and intellectually he was ''at his best,'' and in the bloom of manhood. His figure was erect, and he bore himself with the brief, somewhat stiff air of command derived from his military education and service in the army. This air of the professional soldier, which characterized generally the graduates of West Point, was replaced afterward by a grave dignity, the result of high command and great responsibilities. In April, 1861, however, he was rather the ordinary army officer in bearing than the commander-in-chief.
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