Robert e chambliss biography
- Robert Edward Chambliss, also known as "Dynamite Bob", was a white supremacist terrorist convicted in 1977 of murder for his role as conspirator in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in 1963.
- Robert Edward Chambliss (January 14, 1904 – October 29, 1985), also known as "Dynamite Bob", was a white supremacist terrorist convicted in 1977 of murder.
- A 1963 bombing of a Birmingham church by the KKK claims the lives of four African-American girls.
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John R. Chambliss
Confederate officer in the American Civil War
John Randolph Chambliss Jr. | |
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| Born | (1833-01-23)January 23, 1833 Greensville County, Virginia, US |
| Died | August 16, 1864(1864-08-16) (aged 31) Henrico County, Virginia, US |
| Allegiance | United States Confederate States of America |
| Service / branch | United States Army Confederate States Army |
| Years of service | 1853–1854 (USA) 1861–1864 (CSA) |
| Rank | Second Lieutenant (USA) Brigadier General (CSA) |
| Commands | -13th Virginia Cavalry - Chambliss's Brigade, W.H.F. Lee's Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
| Battles / wars | American Civil War |
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John Randolph Chambliss Jr. (January 23, 1833 – August 16, 1864) was a career military officer from Virginia who served in the Confederate States Army. He reached the rank of brigadier general of cavalry before being killed in action in August 1864 during the Second Battle of Deep Bottom. Born to a lawyer, Colonel and Mrs John Chambliss of Hicksford, Va, John, jr. graduated from West Point (1853) with sev
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Early Years
Robert Edward Lee Jr. was born on October 27, 1843, at Arlington, the Lee family plantation in Alexandria County (later Arlington County). Rob Lee, as he was known to family and friends, was the sixth of seven children and the youngest of three boys. His mother, Mary Randolph Custis Lee, was the daughter of George Washington Parke Custis, the adopted grandson of George Washington. His father, Robert E. Lee, was a U.S. Army officer and the son of Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee. As a young man, Lee Jr. endured his father’s long absences. In the Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee (1904), he wrote that his earliest memory of his father was of the elder Lee returning home from service in the Mexican War (1846–1848) after an absence of nearly two years. In a story that is by turns humorous and sad, Lee Jr. writes that his father didn’t recognize him and kissed Lee’s playmate by accident.
Lee received an excellent education. He first attended school in Baltimore, while his father was serving at Fort Carroll, then moved with the
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