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Tag Archives: Robert E. Lee
George Washington Custis: Man in the Middle
George Washington Parke Custis was remarkable only in relationship to two giants, neither of whom he was actually related to. GW Custis: Fatherless Baby Only weeks after the fourth child and only son of John Parke Custis (1781-1857) was born, … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Arlington House, Civil War history, Col. Robert E. Lee, Custis son-in-law Lee, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Martha Washington, George Washington, George Washington Parke Custis, GWP Custis, history, Jack Custis, John Parke Custis, MArtha Washington, Mary Anna Custis, Mary Fitzhugh Custis, Mount Vernon, PResident George Washington, Presidential history, Robert E. Lee, US history
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Ulysses S. Grant: The Appomattox Parole Perks
April 9, 1865 was arguably among the most important days in U.S. history. U.S. Grant: The Surrender The Civil War had dragged on for four long years, and the casualty count was in the hundreds of thousands and would go … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, American Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, American history, Appomattox Court House, Appomattox Court House NPS, Chief of Education Ernie Price, Civil War history, Confederate soldiers paroled at Appomattox, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Grant, General Grant's Order #73, General Robert E. Lee, General U.S. Grant, history, President Abraham Lincoln, Presidential history, Robert E. Lee, terms of surrender at Appomattox, Transportation for paroled Confederates, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, Visitors Services at Appomattox Court House
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The Tragedies of General James Longstreet
James G. Longstreet’s reputation has been a controversial yo-yo for more than 150 years. Pete. James G. Longstreet (1821-1904) was nicknamed Pete in infancy, and it stuck throughout his long life. Born in SC to a large family of Dutch … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, Nifty History People
Tagged "Pete" Longstreet, American history, Army of Northern Virginia, Battle of Gettysburg, Civil War history The American Civil War, General James G. Longstreet, General Ulysses S. Grant, George Custer, George McClellan, George Pickett, history, James G. Longstreet, Lee's Old War Horse, Mrs. James G. Longstreet, Pickett's Charge, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, The War with Mexico, Ulysses S. Grant, West Point
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Robert E. Lee at the Crossroads
April 9, 1865 was only the beginning of a difficult time in the life of Robert E. Lee. The Surrender It was a horrible day for General Robert E. Lee (1807-1870). He has been famously quoted as preferring to … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, Nifty History People
Tagged American history, Appomattox Court House, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington Plantation, Civil War history, Confederate history, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Lee, General Robert E. Lee, General Ulysses S. Grant, history, Mary Anne Custis Lee, President Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, The American Civil War, The Army of Northern Virginia, The assassination of Lincoln, the Confederate Army, the great-grandaughter of Martha Washington, US history
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Martha Washington’s White House
Martha Washington died in early 1802. She had never set foot in what is known today as the White House in Washington, DC. Martha’s White House in New Kent County Martha Dandridge (1731-1802) was only seventeen when she married Daniel … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, George Washington, Nifty History People
Tagged "Rooney" Lee, Amerncan history, Arlington House, Civil War history, Daniel Parke Custis, Feather Schwartz Foster, G.W. Custis, General George B. McClellan, General George McClellan, George Washington, George Washington Parke Custis, history, Jack Custis Washington, Martha Custis, Martha Dandridge Custis, MArtha Washington, Mary Anne Custis, Mary Custis Lee, New Kent County VA, Robert E. Lee, Robert E. Lee's son "Rooney", The New Kent white House, The Peninsula Campaign, US history
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Wilmer McLean: A Plague on Both His Houses
Wilmer McLean is one of those oddities of the Civil War, where truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. Wilmer McLean was a Virginia wholesale grocer, who at age 39 married a well-to-do widow with two children and a moderate plantation … Continue reading
Posted in American Civil War, Nifty History People
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Appomattox Court House, Civil War history, Col. Charles Marshall, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Battle of Bull Run, First Manassas, Ft. Sumter, General Joseph E. Johnston, General Lee aide Col. Marshall, General Pierre Beauregard, General PTG Beauregard, General Robert E. Lee, General Ulysses S. Grant, history, Joseph E. Johnston, Manassas, President Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Second Battle of Bull run, Second Manassas, The Peninsula Campaign, The siege of Petersburg, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, Wilmer McLean
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General Grant Saves General Lee
On April 9, 1865, Ulysses S. Grant became the most popular man in America. Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House Civil War Victory: The Euphoria The news was instantaneously carried by telegraph wire across the country – North … Continue reading
Posted in A POTUS-FLOTUS Blog, American Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant
Tagged American Civil War, American history, Civil War, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Grant, General Joseph E. Johnston, General Lee, General Robert E. Lee, General Ulysses S. Grant, General William T. Sherman, history, Jefferson Davis, John Wilkes Booth, Lee surrender at Appomattox, Lincoln's Assassination, Lincoln's funeral train, President Andrew Johnson, Presidential history, Robert E. Lee, Secretary of State William Seward, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, Vice President Andrew Johnson
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