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Along the Potomac River in Washington DC

As you look across the river you can see the Custis-Lee Mansion which is located in Arlington National Cemetery. Robert E. Lee and his wife, Mary Anna, lived at Arlington House until 1861, when Virginia ratified an alliance with the Confederacy and seceded from the Union. Lee was named a major general for the Virginia military forces in April 1861,

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Uploaded on October 16, 2009
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