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Old 11-06-2004, 08:49 PM
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I would like to know how Robert Lee got the nickname Marse Robert
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Old 11-06-2004, 11:34 PM
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"Marse" is Southern vernacular for "master." Slaves often called their masters "Marsh XXXX" if not "massa." As for the boys, it was a term of endearment for their gineral.
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