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Originally Posted by busterb
Did not Robert E. Lee marry a Custis?? And the USA seize it?
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That's right. He lived on the Custis (now Lee) estate for about 30 years before the civil war started, he chose the South, and the Union seized the estate. It made a nice base for the Union army near DC. The mansion, known as the Arlington House, is on the official seal of the county today.
