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16 août 2019 · View attachment 321127. George Washington Custis Lee: . Born: September 16, 1832. Birthplace: Fortress Monroe Virginia. Father: General Robert Edward Lee 1807 – 1870. Mother: Mary Anna Randolph Custis 1808 – 1873. Nickname: Boo. Education: 1854: Graduated West Point Military Academy – (1st in class)
28 avr. 2011 · duncan,nc. Jun 2, 2011. #1. After the war in 1865, Curtis became a professor at VMI. He held this position till 1870 when his father ( Robert Edward Lee) past away. In 1871 he became president of washington and lee university. In 1877 lee took a law suit that went to the U.S. Supreme court to get the family mansion in arlington (now Arlington ...
31 août 2023 · Michigan. Aug 31, 2023. #1. I recently read through a bit of The Making of Robert E. Lee by Michael Fellman and I found this little section which I found a bit perplexing, Fellman claims that Custis Lee "may" have been a homosexual due to him having a male valet. I see no other evidence provided in the book to support that claim, so I thought I ...
6 sept. 2013 · Lee, George Washington Custis, born in Virginia, appointed at large cadet United States Military Academy, July 1, 1850; graduated first in a class of forty-six. Brevet second lieutenant, engineers, July 1, 1854. Second lieutenant, March 3, 1855. First lieutenant, October 20, 1859. Resigned May 2, 1861.
8 mars 2020 · To keep busy during stay-at-home orders, I have been doing research on Robert E. Lee’s oldest child, George Washington Custis Lee. I am continually hitting dead end after dead end. With the exception of Bernice-Marie Yates’s Perfect Gentleman (which is filled with many spelling/grammatical errors and seems much more focused on Robert E. Lee ...
13 juil. 2018 · Children at Arlington House, during the war. Officers were quartered here until Meigs discovered fallen soldiers were being buried in far corners of the property, in order not to disturb the residents. Meigs kicked everyone out and achieved the first burial in Mary Lee's rose garden. Anyone...
5 oct. 2013 · Mary and Robert were married at her parents' home, Arlington House, on June 30, 1831. They had three sons and four daughters together: George Washington Custis “ Custis “ William H. Fitzhugh “ Rooney “, Robert Edward Jr., Mary, Eleanor Agnes (called Agnes), Anne, and Mildred Lee. Lee inherited Arlington House from her father after he ...
14 févr. 2012 · Central Pennsylvania. Oct 6, 2017. #1. Doors thrown open, light coach drawn up, this image could represent one day in May, 1861 when Mary Randolph Custis Lee said Goodbye to this peculiarly ostentatious mansion her father built. Martha Washington's great grand daughter never came home. When classmate Meigs took out his spleen and buried it ...
2 juin 2011 · Miss Judith, I too am an admirer of Custis Lee. I would love to meet with u some time in the future. I was just in Williamsburg researching the Shirley Plantation Papers. I am particularly interested in Charlotte Wickham. How did u learn her nickname was Chass? I looked for photographs of...
9 juin 2013 · Mary Lee began the task shortly before her father died in 1857, and it occupied her for over two years. The book, Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington by His Adopted Son, George Washington Parke Custis, with a Memoir of the Author by His Daughter, was published in 1860. Closely following her mother's example, Mary Lee was very ...
