Robert E. Lee in ... For all Lee’s maunderings about his loyalty to Virginia, he worried intensely about his family’s property if he ignored Virginia’s summons. Lee’s wife later portrayed ...

Robert E. Lee was removed from its place of honor ... In private, many point to a letter Lee wrote to his wife in 1856, in which he called slavery a “moral & political evil.” ...

and Robert E. Lee married his wife at Arlington House, which is that great pillared mansion that's now a similar tear, but back then it was actually a memorial to George Washington. It was filled ...

Robert E. Lee at ... “I think Lee found slavery quite annoying as a day-to-day institution to run. His public comments on this are out there in a letter from 1856 to his wife where he talks ...

he is a close and multiple cousin of Robert E. Lee and his wife, Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee. The North Carolina pastor and his family were also concerned about a Washington Post fact check that ...

Sponsor Message Selina Gray was the personal house servant to Robert E. Lee's wife, Mary Custis Lee, at Arlington House. To show how deep the roots are here — Mrs. Lee inherited the plantation ...

By David Goldfield ROBERT E. LEE A Life By Allen ... “Light Horse Harry” Lee. Light Horse Harry squandered the family patrimony and eventually abandoned his wife and children.

The National Park Service has found—on eBay—only the second photo known to exist of a famous slave owned by Robert E. Lee and and his wife, reports AP. The image, bought by the service for $ ...

Lee's father, Maj. Gen. "Light-Horse Harry" Lee fought in the Revolutionary War. Robert E. Lee Memorial Association ... as in a letter from the front to his invalid wife: “You must endeavour ...