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On June 15, 1864, Robert E. Lee's home becomes Arlington National Cemetery. From the article:
"...Meigs moved to make official what was already a matter of practice: “I recommend that...the land surrounding the Arlington Mansion, now understood to be the property of the United States, be appropriated as a National Military Cemetery, to be properly enclosed, laid out and carefully preserved for that purpose,” he wrote Stanton on June 15, 1864. Meigs proposed devoting 200 acres to the new graveyard. He also suggested that Christman and others recently interred in the Lower Cemetery should be unearthed and reburied closer to Lee’s hilltop home. “The grounds about the Mansion are admirably adapted to such a use,” he wrote.
Stanton endorsed the quartermaster’s recommendation the same day.
Loyalist newspapers applauded the birth of Arlington National Cemetery, one of 13 new graveyards created specifically for those dying in the Civil War. “This and the [Freedmen’s Village]...are righteous uses of the estate of the Rebel General Lee,” read the Washington Morning Chronicle.
"...Meigs moved to make official what was already a matter of practice: “I recommend that...the land surrounding the Arlington Mansion, now understood to be the property of the United States, be appropriated as a National Military Cemetery, to be properly enclosed, laid out and carefully preserved for that purpose,” he wrote Stanton on June 15, 1864. Meigs proposed devoting 200 acres to the new graveyard. He also suggested that Christman and others recently interred in the Lower Cemetery should be unearthed and reburied closer to Lee’s hilltop home. “The grounds about the Mansion are admirably adapted to such a use,” he wrote.
Stanton endorsed the quartermaster’s recommendation the same day.
Loyalist newspapers applauded the birth of Arlington National Cemetery, one of 13 new graveyards created specifically for those dying in the Civil War. “This and the [Freedmen’s Village]...are righteous uses of the estate of the Rebel General Lee,” read the Washington Morning Chronicle.
How Arlington National Cemetery Came to Be
Posted from smithsonianmag.com
American History
Military History
Civil War
Arlington
Supreme Court
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The truth is that they did it to punish Robert E Lee for commanding the Confederacy. That way neither he nor his decendents could ever reclaim the family home.
LTC Stephen F. SGT (Join to see) MSgt Ken "Airsoldier" Collins-Hardy TSgt Joe C. CPT Jack Durish Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. SGT (Join to see) Col Joseph Lenertz SP5 Jeannie Carle Maj Marty Hogan SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL COL Mikel J. Burroughs SGT Michael Thorin SPC Douglas Bolton LTC Jeff Shearer Sgt Randy Wilber CPL Dave Hoover LTC (Join to see) SSgt GG-15 RET Jim Lint
LTC Stephen F. SGT (Join to see) MSgt Ken "Airsoldier" Collins-Hardy TSgt Joe C. CPT Jack Durish Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. SGT (Join to see) Col Joseph Lenertz SP5 Jeannie Carle Maj Marty Hogan SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL COL Mikel J. Burroughs SGT Michael Thorin SPC Douglas Bolton LTC Jeff Shearer Sgt Randy Wilber CPL Dave Hoover LTC (Join to see) SSgt GG-15 RET Jim Lint
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MSgt Ken "Airsoldier" Collins-Hardy
Lt Col Charlie Brown, I seem to recall reading an article once about how Robert E. Lee's wife proved to be the consummate hostess when unexpected guest would visit him to speak their minds... sometimes good... sometimes bad. Thanks for sharing, Ma'am.
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