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In April 1874, Robert E. Lee and Mary Custis Lee's eldest son, George Washington Custis Lee, filed suit against the United States government in a Virginia circuit court to regain the property. [ 19 ] [ 27 ] Custis Lee was a major general in the Civil War and was captured by Union forces at the Battle of Sailor's Creek on April 6, 1865 (see ...
The Robert E. Lee won the race. [191] The steamboat inspired the 1912 song Waiting for the Robert E. Lee by Lewis F. Muir and L. Wolfe Gilbert. [192] In more modern times, the USS Robert E. Lee, a George Washington-class submarine built in 1958, was named for Lee, [193] as was the M3 Lee tank, produced in 1941 and 1942.
Arlington House (the Custis-Lee Mansion), 1802, Arlington County —- home of Robert E. Lee; Ash Grove, 1790, Fairfax County—home of Thomas Fairfax, and Henry Fairfax; Ash Lawn–Highland, 1799, Albemarle County—home of James Monroe
Arlington 38°53′06″N 77°04′24″W / 38.88500°N 77.07333°W / 38.88500; -77.07333 ( Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee National Home of Confederate General Robert E. Lee
The nature of Arlington Estate changed abruptly in 1861. G.W.P. Custis died on October 10, 1857, leaving the estate to his daughter, Mary. She had married United States Army officer Robert E. Lee on June 30, 1831. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, Robert E. Lee resigned his commission and joined the army of the Confederate States of ...
A 274-year-old plantation along the Combahee River in Beaufort County with ties to Robert E. Lee and Frank Lloyd Wright recently sold for $9 million. ... and hired Frank Lloyd Wright to design a ...
A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was a focal point of a deadly white nationalist protest in 2017 has been melted down and will be repurposed into new works of art. The Jefferson ...
In April 1874, [26] Robert E. and Mary Lee's eldest son, George Washington Custis Lee, petitioned Congress for payment for the Arlington estate. [27] Lee argued that tax sale of the entire property (rather than just that portion needed to pay the tax debt) amounted to confiscation and was unconstitutional. [27]