(Ken Burns reads.)  In 1859 Robert E. Lee was called upon to lead a force of Marines to end John Brown's raid on the arsenal at this site
[DOC] [TLE] The Man Who Came in Second | Humanities [PAR] In 1860, John C. Breckinridge ran for president against Lincoln, and broke the ... 
to read law and began his studies at Princeton, continuing them upon his return 
to ... and George B. McClellan; and Captains Robert E. Lee and John C. 
Pemberton.