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George Washington Custis Lee (September 16, 1832 – February 18, 1913), also known as Custis Lee, was the eldest son of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis Lee. His grandfather George Washington Custis was the step-grandson and adopted son of George Washington and grandson of Martha Custis Washington. He served as a Confederate ...
George Washington Custis Lee (16 de septiembre de 1832 – 18 de febrero de 1913), también conocido como Custis Lee, era el hijo mayor de Robert E. Lee y Mary. Anna Custis Lee. Su abuelo George Washington Custis era hijastro e hijo adoptivo de George Washington y nieto de Martha Custis Washington.
10 de ene. de 2024 · Learn about the life and career of George Washington Custis Lee, the eldest son of Robert E. Lee and Mary Custis Lee. He served in the U.S. and Confederate armies, inherited Arlington, and fought for its return after the Civil War.
…Civil War, Lee’s eldest son, George Washington Custis Lee, sued the federal government for confiscating the plantation. In 1882 the U.S. Supreme Court declared (5–4) that the federal government was a trespasser. Rather than disinter the more than 16,000 people buried at Arlington, however, the U.S. Congress purchased the land… Read More
Custis Lee seemed, in the words of his friend W. Gordon McCabe—to have “tasted but bitterly of the meagre ‘chance’ given him by fate, or fortune, or call it what you will.” This paper will examine the ways in which Lee attempted to reconstruct himself in the new world of the immediate postwar South.
George Washington Custis Lee (1832-1913), the son of Robert E. Lee and a former major general on Jefferson Davis's personal staff, was appointed president in December 1866 by the Maryland Agricultural College Board of Trustees.
George Washington Custis Lee (September 16, 1832 – February 18, 1913), also known as Custis Lee, was the eldest son of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis Lee. His grandfather George Washington Custis was the step-grandson and adopted son of George Washington and grandson of Martha Custis Washington. He served as a Confederate general in the ...
