where he remains to this day
Hunter Holmes McGuire and Captains Morrison and Smith accompanied his grieving widow
The family atmosphere at the Graham home was just the respite that the General needed from the stress and responsibilities of the military
The hardships increased along with the bitter cold
The deadly threats of the American wilderness—disease
Never Against Virginia boat where he remains to thisArlington Estates, April 20, 1861 In the spring of 1861, he was described as the most promising officer in the United States Army. Hero of the Mexican War, superintendent of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, capturer of the radical John Brown, Col. Robert Edward Lee was highly thought of by old "Fuss and Feathers" himself General Winfield Scott. On April 18th, at the request of Abraham Lincoln, Lee was summoned to Washington and met with