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Federal Republican On July 27, 1812 a mob in Baltimore attacked the antiwar newspaper the Federal Republican during the war. As a result of the attack both the publisher Alexander Contee Hanson and General "Light-Horse" Harry Lee, Revolutionary War hero and father of Robert E. Lee were beaten and tortured by the mob for over three hours. General "Light-Horse" Harry Lee never fully recovered. The attack altered his speech until his death in 1818.
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