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Hace 4 días · Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, also known as the Custis–Lee Mansion, is a Greek revival mansion in Arlington, Virginia, that was once Lee's home. It overlooks the Potomac River and the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
- 1829–1861 (U.S.), 1861–1865 (C.S.)
20 de abr. de 2024 · One of the most significant events that occurred at Arlington House was the decision by Robert E. Lee to resign from the United States Army on April 20, 1861. A well-respected officer in the army and an opponent of secession, he chose to resign from the U.S. Army after Virginia seceded from the Union.
Hace 5 días · The antebellum home of Robert E. Lee during the Civil War, Arlington House, in Arlington County, Virginia, overlooks Arlington National Cemetery. A National Park Service (NPS) memorial, the estate became the site of Arlington National Cemetery in part to ensure that Lee could never live there.
5 de may. de 2024 · Although Arlington House is within the National Cemetery, the National Park Service presently administers the House and its grounds as a memorial to Robert E. Lee. Confederate incursions from Falls Church, Minor's Hill and Upton's Hill, then securely in Confederate hands, occurred as far east as the present-day Ballston.
- February 27, 1801
- Arlington House
21 de abr. de 2024 · The house, which is situated along the prominent ridges overlooking Washington, is operated by the National Park Service and serves as a memorial to Robert E. Lee. In 1831 Lee married Custis’s only daughter, Mary Ann Randolph, who inherited the Arlington estate
18 de abr. de 2024 · Stories. In 1802, construction began on Arlington House. In the ensuing years, it has served as a family home, a military headquarters, a national cemetery, and much more. On these pages are some of the stories of Arlington House.
23 de abr. de 2024 · Information Panel: Division And Reunification. Robert E. Lee, a soldier and scholar, once lived at Arlington House and managed the plantation on this land. After Lee took command of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, the Union Army seized his home.
