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Posted on 5/29/17 at 8:18 am to theGarnetWay
Yea I think that's right
Posted on 5/29/17 at 8:18 am to theGarnetWay
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I mean, amongst other reasons, didn't the Union choose that site specifically because it was Lee's? As kind of a deliberate insult against him and the CSA.
That is exactly the reason it was chosen.
Lee's house still sits on the hill overlooking his former front yard.
Posted on 5/29/17 at 2:22 pm to theGarnetWay
quote:Yes, Montgomery Meigs, whose own son had been killed int he war, was the Quartermaster General and he picked it. He put the first graves in a semi-circle around the front porch so that no one could ever sit on it and enjoy the view again.
I mean, amongst other reasons, didn't the Union choose that site specifically because it was Lee's? As kind of a deliberate insult against him and the CSA.
Arlington House was actually Lee's wife's property that she inherited from one of Washington's step-sons.
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