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	NPS Historical Handbook: Custis-Lee Mansion
		Lee had the face of a genius: a wealth of dark hair, carelessly put up, gave her fine head the air of one of Romney's portraits.
		Lee was home for a short time during the summer of 1849 to recuperate from a touch of fever, and in the autumn his family joined him at Baltimore.
		Custis' other farms, for the old gentleman was now 75 and, though active in improving his lands and crops, needed the assistance of his son-in-law in managing his business affairs.
	www.nps.gov /history/history/online_books/hh/6/hh6b4.htm (1402 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / A SON’S TRIBUTE
		Custis’ father, John Parke Custis, the son of Martha Washington by her first marriage, died of “camp fever” in the closing hours of the Revolution, leaving four young children.
		Custis was not one to permit the influence of Washington to stop at the water’s edge.
		Custis was seventy-two and was adored by the seven children of his daughter, Mary, the wife of the Superintendent of West Point, Colonel Robert E. Lee.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1966/2/1966_2_16_print.shtml (2640 words)

	Robert E. Lee
		Lee is best remembered in his role of commanding general of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War.
		Lee served as an assistant in the chief engineer's office in Washington from 1834 to 1837, but spent the summer of 1835 helping to lay out the state line between Ohio and Michigan.
		These were not happy years for Lee as he did not like to be away from his family for long periods of time, especially as his wife was becoming increasingly ill. Lee came home to see her as often as he could.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ro/Robert_E_Lee.html (1082 words)

	The Restoration of Arlington House
		Custis in 1857; their graves lie to the southwest of the mansion in the family burial plot surrounded by an iron fence.
		Custis is, after the marriage of their daughter and the advent of the seven Lee children, returned downstairs to their honeymoon quarters and there lived out their days.
		Custis in his later years taking possession of the large drawing room across the hall as a studio for his historical paintings in which his adored foster father was always the central figure.
	www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil /mortuary/Arlington_House.htm (1813 words)

	Booknotes
		And Lee took the reins of this school and led it for the last five years of his life and it is now, of course, Washington and Lee University, named for both Washington and Lee.
		THOMAS: Anne Carter Lee, Lee's mother, was sick a lot during Robert's youth and, indeed, he had to take charge and sort of be the, quote, "man of the house," unquote, because his mother was physically incapable.
		So Lee almost inherited the Episcopal Church, but he never joined that church until the 1850s and then he joined it almost as a matter of convenience because two of his daughters were going to be confirmed.
	www.booknotes.org /Transcript/?ProgramID=1268 (6669 words)

	NPS Historical Handbook: Custis-Lee Mansion
		Lee was able to manage the household and spend much time in her garden, while her father occupied himself as usual.
		Custis had been ill of pneumonia only 4 days, how he had steadily failed, and how on the last day, after embracing his weeping daughter and grandchildren and asking to be remembered to his son-in law, had passed away while his rector said the prayers for the dying.
		Unlike many army officers, Lee had never been away long from his native State, and his months of hard work at Arlington had given him a sympathetic understanding of the problems faced by his kinsmen and fellow-planters and reaffirmed his belief that his first loyalty was to Virginia.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/hh/6/hh6b5.htm (1048 words)

	Robert E. Lee
		Lee was intrusted with the vital duties of mapping out the terrain ahead, dividing the line of advance for the U.S. troops, and in one case leading troops into battle.
		Colonel Lee, and a young aide Lt. JEB Stuart, and a detachment of U.S. marines, were rushed by train to Harper's Ferry where they were able to capture radical abolitionist John Brown and his followers.
		Lee and his most trusted lieutenant, Gen. Stonewall Jackson, divided their forces and through a forced march around General Hooker fell on his exposed flank, rolling it up, and defeating the union forces yet again.
	www.civil-war.tv /General-Robert-E-Lee.htm (960 words)

	Arlington National Cemetery:: Historical_Information
		Lee, who had been named a major general for the Virginia military forces in April 1861, feared for his wife's safety and anticipated the loss of their family inheritance.
		Lee continued to feel responsible for the estate and earnestly hoped that the slaves who were left behind would be educated and freed, according to the provisions of George Washington Parke Custis' will.
		Lee, claimed that the land had been illegally confiscated and that, according to his grandfather's will, he was the legal owner.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.org /historical_information/arlington_house.html (1462 words)

	From Revolution to Reconstruction: Biographies: Robert E. Lee
		Lee was intrusted with the vital duties of mapping out the terrain ahead, dividing the line of advance for the U.S. troops, and in one case leading troops into battle.
		Colonel Lee, and a young aide Lt. JEB Stuart, and a detachment of U.S. marines, were rushed by train to Harper's Ferry where they were able to capture radical abolitionist John Brown and his followers.
		Lee and his most trusted lieutenant, Gen. Stonewall Jackson, divided their forces and through a forced march around General Hooker fell on his exposed flank, rolling it up, and defeating the union forces yet again.
	odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/B/relee/relee.htm (969 words)

	Robert E. Lee information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1855, Lee became Lieutenant Colonel of the 2nd U.S. Cavalry (under the command of Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston) and was sent to the Texas frontier.
		Lee's attacks resulted in heavy Confederate casualties and they were marred by clumsy tactical performances by his subordinates, but his aggressive actions unnerved McClellan, who retreated to a point on the James River where Union naval forces were in control.
		Lee died from the effects of pneumonia, on the morning of October 12, 1870, two weeks after the stroke, in Lexington, Virginia, and was buried underneath Lee Chapel at Washington and Lee University, where his body remains today.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Robert_E._Lee (4985 words)

	Arlington House the Robert E Lee Memorial: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		It was abandoned by the Lees early in the Civil War and was later used as headquarters for the Union army.
		Lees army was on the march to interpose...Washington, D.C. Lee was determined...Fairfax Court House.
		Lee was one of the small company of great men in whom...Freeman reports that "the Negroes at Arlington numbered sixty-three." 4 It...They have been accustomed to house work, The eldest a good washer...
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	Robert E. Lee Biography plus pictures, news, information and products.
		Lee's sentiments were against secession, which he denounced in an 1861 letter as "nothing but revolution" and a betrayal of the efforts of the Founders.
		Lee took the lack of response to mean that the government wished to retain the right to prosecute him in the future.
		Lee died from the effects of pneumonia, two weeks after the stroke on the morning of October 12, 1870, in Lexington, Virginia, and was buried underneath Lee Chapel at Washington and Lee University, where his body remains today.
	www.biographyplus.com /robert_e_lee.htm (3946 words)

	NPS, Arlington House: The Robert E. Lee Memorial
		After his father died, young Custis was raised by his grandmother and her second husband, George Washington at Mount Vernon, Custis, a farsighted agricultural pioneer, painter, playwright, and orator, was interested in perpetuating the memory and principles of George Washington.
		Lee for her lifetime and afterwards to the Lees' eldest son, George Washington Custis Lee.
		Lee was distressed when news reached him that Virginia had adopted an Ordinance of Secession on April 17, 1861.
	www.nps.gov /gwmp/arl_hse.html (674 words)

	Arlington House - The Custis-Lee Mansion
		The mansion, which was intended as a living memorial to George Washington, was owned and constructed by the first president's adopted grandson, George Washington Parke Custis, upon an 1,100-acre tract of land which he had inherited.
		George Washington Parke Custis and his wife, Mary Lee Fitzhugh (whom he had married in 1804) lived in Arlington House for the rest of their lives and were buried together on the property after their deaths in 1857 and 1853, respectively.
		Custis' will also stipulated that upon Mary Anna's death, full title would pass to her eldest son, George Washington Custis Lee.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /arlhouse.htm (1114 words)

	Book Review -- Surviving the Confederacy: Rebellion, Ruin, and Recovery--Roger and Sara Pryor During the Civil War, by ...
		The Arlington House/Robert E. Lee Memorial was originally known as the Custis-Lee Mansion: Custis, because it was built by Martha Washington’s grandson George Washington Parke Custis; Lee, because it was later inherited by General Robert E. Lee’s wife, Mary Custis Lee, Martha’s great-granddaughter and GWP Custis’ only surviving child.
		In fact, Robert E. Lee was at Arlington House in 1859 when the government called him to lead federal troops to capture John Brown at Harper’s Ferry in 1859.
		The elder Parks was born at Arlington House in the 1840s, was raised with the Lee children, and was a pallbearer at Mrs.
	civilwarstudies.org /articles/Vol_6/arlington.htm (765 words)

	ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY,
		In 1861, after the outbreak of the American Civil War, the mansion and grounds were confiscated from the owner, the Confederate general Robert E. Lee, by the Union government.
		The house was converted to a hospital, and in 1864 the grounds were first used as a military cemetery.
		After the Civil War the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the house was the property of George Washington Custis Lee (1832–1913), the general's son.
	www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?articleId=201486 (649 words)

	View from the Custis-Lee Mansion photo - Lida Verner photos at pbase.com
		Arlington House (formerly the Custis-Lee Mansion) was the home of Robert E. Lee and his family for thirty years and is uniquely associated with the Washington and Custis families.
		George Washington Parke Custis, Lee’s father-in-law, built the house between 1802 and 1818 to be his home as well as a memorial to George Washington, his step-grandfather.
		Lee made his historic decision to resign from the US Army at Arlington House and wrote his resignation letter in his second floor bedchamber.
	www.pbase.com /image/45724994 (576 words)

	Arlington House The Robert E Lee Memorial (U.S. National Park Service)
		Arlington House was the home of Robert E. Lee and his family for thirty years and is uniquely associated with the Washington and Custis families.
		It is now preserved as a memorial to General Lee, who gained the respect of Americans in both the North and the South.
		This virtual exhibit tells the story of three influential families, the Washington's, the Custis' and the Lee's.
	www.nps.gov /arho (335 words)

	George Washington Custis Lee - Encyclopedia.com
		George Washington Custis Lee 1832-1913, Confederate general in the American Civil War, b.
		In the last days of the war, Lee commanded a brigade and was captured in the fighting at Sailor's Creek (Apr., 1865).
		Anna Randolph Custis Lee, step-great-granddaughter of George Washington.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Lee-Geor.html (761 words)

	General Robert E. Lee. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lee turned down the offer, as he refused to raise a sword against the State of Virginia, his home state which he was strongly devoted to.
		Lee and his army had control of the Eastern Campaign during the first half of the conflict.
		Lee surrendered to General grant in the Spring of 1865.
	wbaxter1.tripod.com /civilwar/id11.html (181 words)

	Explore DC: From the Spirit of Washington to Hallowed Ground
		The emphasis of the narrative is the impact of a civil war on a single famous family — the Lees, who, as occupants of the Custis-Lee Mansion in 1860, lived within yards of the Potomac River, the dividing line between the two opposing forces of that "brothers" war.
		The Custis-Lee Mansion, a grand house, was modeled after an Athenian temple, which was situated on a high hill overlooking the capital city of Washington.
		After a tour of the Custis-Lee Mansion,* and the reading of both the narrative and supplemental reading, students are invited to imagine being thrust into a civil war where citizens were forced to choose sides.
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	Grave Misdeeds \| Corrente
		Lee’s godmother, is a short distance from the north east corner of the mansion, down the Custis walk which here approximates the course of the old carriage driveway.
		Randolph was related to both the Custises and the Lees and was well known in the early part of the nineteenth century as the author of an extremely popular cookbook, The Virginia Housewife.
		Lee could not pay in person because she would be ’detained’, so forfeited the property.
	correntewire.com /grave_misdeeds (929 words)

	Arlington Hall at Lee Park - History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		To many, the history of Lee Park begins with the completion of stately Arlington Hall that has graced the grounds of Lee Park since 1939.
		The monumental bronze statue of Robert E. Lee was first proposed by the Dallas Southern Memorial Association in 1928.
		Lee Park and the green space along Turtle Creek were becoming the "Central Park" of Dallas.
	www.arlingtonhallatleepark.com /History.htm (1092 words)

	George Washington: Step-Children
		She was a 28 year old widow who had borne four children during her eight year marriage to Daniel Custis [14a].
		Lee, of course, was the general who led the Confederate forces in the Civil War.
		During the war, the US Government seized Lee's home on the Potomac River and turned it into Arlington Cemetery.
	www.doctorzebra.com /prez/z_x01custis_g.htm (866 words)

	Robert E. Lee Biography (Military Leader/Civil War Figure) — FactMonster.com
		Lee was the Confederacy's most famous general in the American Civil War.
		Lee's horse Traveller served him throughout the Civil War and is now regarded as one of history's famous steeds.
		The Robert E. Lee Memorial Arlington House - Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, 28 acres...
	www.factmonster.com /biography/var/robertelee.html (417 words)

	BelvoirEagle.com \| Your local guide to Fort Belvoir, VA and Northern Virginia classifieds, news and lifestyles
		Originally owned by the Custis family, the cemetery’s 612 acres on the Potomac River were part of the estate of John Parke Custis, Martha Washington’s son and George Washington’s adopted son.
		In turn, John Park Custis’ son, George Washington Parke Custis, built a mansion on the property called Arlington House, later the Custis Lee Mansion, that became the home of Robert E. Lee.
		Lee married Mary Anna Custis Lee, who was the daughter of George Washington Parke Custis.
	www.belvoireagle.com /index.php/features-articles/hallowed_ground (507 words)

	Remarks Upon Signing a Bill Restoring Rights of Citizenship to General Robert E. Lee, August 5, 1975
		Lee's dedication to his native State of Virginia chartered his course for the bitter Civil War years, causing him to reluctantly resign from a distinguished career in the United States Army and to serve as General of the Army of Northern Virginia.
		He sought to show by example that the citizens of the South must dedicate their efforts to rebuilding that region of the country as a strong and vital part of the American Union.
		This resolution passed by the Congress responds to the formal application of General Lee to President Andrew Johnson on June 13, 1865, for the restoration of his full rights of citizenship.
	www.ford.utexas.edu /library/speeches/750473.htm (467 words)

	Wikinfo \| Robert E. Lee
		Following the wounding of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston at the battle of Seven Pines, on June 1, 1862, he received the command of the Army of Northern Virginia and soon launched a series of attacks, the Seven Days Campaign against General George B. McClellan's Union forces threatening Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate capital.
		Lee then proceeded to invade the North again, hoping for a Southern victory that would compel the North to grant Confederate independence.
		Following his defeat at Gettysburg, Lee sent a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis on August 8, 1863 but Davis refused Lee's request upon receipt.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Robert_E._Lee (1883 words)

	America Pinckney Peter Williams (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Custis was a plantation owner and Martha lived in the plantation home known as the "White House." By 1756, Mrs.
		Custis was a widow at the age of 25 with 2 children: John Parke (Jacky) Custis and Martha Parke (Patsy) Custis.
		The Custis-Lee Mansion was taken over by the Union Army during the Civil War and became Arlington Cemetery.
	freenet.buffalo.edu /bah/a/forestL/williamsA/index.html (464 words)

	Today in History: May 13
		Arlington House was built in 1802 by George Washington Parke Custis, adopted son of George Washington.
		In 1831, Custis' daughter, Mary Anna, married Lieutenant Robert E. Lee in the main hall of the mansion.
		Lee's eldest son, George Washington Custis Lee, challenged the government's assumption of the property for years, eventually securing $150,000 in compensation.
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