Search results
Mildred Childe Lee (February 10, 1846 – March 27, 1905) was an American society hostess and the youngest child of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis Lee.
The fourth daughter, and youngest child, of Robert and Mary Lee, was Mildred Childe, named after Robert’s sister. She was born February 10, 1846, at Arlington House. After the war, she became close to her father, who nicknamed her “Precious Life.”
Robert Edward Lee Jr. (October 27, 1843 – October 19, 1914) was the sixth of seven children of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Randolph Custis. He became a soldier during the American Civil War, and later was a planter, businessman, and author.
Mildred Childe Lee. Boude & Miley, Photographers, Lexington, VA. c 1866-1870. Black and white photograph of Robert and Mary Lee's youngest daughter. Mildred, nicknamed “Precious Life” by her father, was still a child at the beginning of the Civil War.
22 de dic. de 2021 · Rather than seek a military education, Lee Jr. attended the University of Virginia from 1860 to 1861, undergoing a spiritual conversion there. “How are you getting along with your God,” he wrote his sister Mildred Childe Lee on January 10, 1861. “O! my sister neglect not him.
17 de feb. de 2021 · Mildred Childe Lee, who was born on February 10, 1846, was the fourth daughter and the seventh and youngest child of Robert E. and Mrs. Lee. Mildred was named after Robert E. Lee’s younger sister, Catherine Mildred (Lee) Childe.
8 de jun. de 2021 · Kingdom of My Childhood. Multiple Perspectives of One Place. This scene is presented through Mildred Childe Lee’s eyes, while the other waysides on the property interpret scenes from the point of view of the enslaved people. A white child on the estate, she saw the beauty of the garden.
