Virginia. VA. Confederate General Robert E. Lee, graduate of West Point, never owned many places associated with him: his birthplace at Stratford Hall, where he was bor; and Arlington House, where his wife, Mary Custis, had a life estate only, and the property was by will of her father to go to her son, George Washington Custis Lee (see bloodlines at http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Explore-the-Cemetery/History/Arlington-House). Robert E. Lee, then, was only a custodian after the death of Mary, charged with leaving the estate in good order for the next in line, as fate might or might not have it. See http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Explore-the-Cemetery/History/Arlington-House.
Arlington House looms large in photographs, with the Greek Revival big pillars.
From the side, however, Arlington House is modest, small family-size.
Arlington House looms large in photographs, with the Greek Revival big pillars.
Arlington Cemetery, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, Arlington house in background
Grave of Robert F. Kennedy, Arlington House in background, Arlington Cemetery
Ted Kennedy's grave, Senator Edward Kennedy, on the other side, also is a simple ground-level plaque and cross. Do I have them mixed here?
Grave of Edward F. Kennedy, Arlington house in background. Dan Widing at Arlington Cemetery, foreground, .From the side, however, Arlington House is modest, small family-size.
Arlington House, side view, Arlington Cemetery. Graves of union soldiers.
The Lees were forced to vacate at the outset of the Civil War. To be sure they never returned, the Union Army buried its soldiers right up to the house itself, long rows.
Robert E. Lee was creative, and an engineer. He devised his own lounge chair with fold-down table at the left arm. Was he left-handed? this was a speculation when he favored leading with the left while planning a heavy right, see http://civilwartalk.com/threads/was-lee-left-handed.99829/). He signed the peace treaty at Appomattox with his right hand, however, show the paintings, and a wax figure at Appomattox. He wrote to Mrs. Lee, however, at one point, that he had been injured and was just beginning to use his left hand for dressing etc., see General Lee: A Biography of Robert E. Lee, by Fitzhugh Lee. A relative?
The chair indeed reclines. This is in the bedroom.
Robert E. Lee's special design armchair, Arlington House, Arlington Cemetery.
Arlington House, Deodor cedar, as old as the Civil War itself
Old trees at Arlington: see http://treestewards.org/2014/06/23/arlington-national-cemetery-tree-walks/
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