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Old 10-28-2006, 08:44 PM   #1
glatt
 
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Location: Arlington, VA
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Originally Posted by busterb
Did not Robert E. Lee marry a Custis?? And the USA seize it?
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.

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