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Family: General Robert Edward Lee / Mary Anna Randolph Custis (F7115)  ^{[1, 2, 3, 4]} 

• Father | Male General Robert Edward Lee

  
  

  Born	19 Jan 1807	WestMoreland County, Virginia
  Died	12 Oct 1870	Lexington, Virginia
  Buried		Lee Chapel Museum Lexington, Virginia
  Married	30 Jun 1831
  Father	Henry 'Light-Horse Harry' Lee, III | F6598 Group Sheet
  Mother	Ann Hill Carter | F6598 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Mary Anna Randolph Custis

  
  

  Born	1 Oct 1808	Arlington, Virginia
  Died	5 Nov 1873	Lexington, Virginia
  Buried		Lee Chapel Museum Lexington, Virginia
  Father	George Washington Parke Custis | F8736 Group Sheet
  Mother	Molly, Mary Lee Fitzhugh | F8736 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male George Washington Custis Lee

  
  

  Born	16 Sep 1832	Fort Monroe, Virginia
  Died	18 Feb 1913	Annandale, Virginia
  Buried		Lee Chapel Museum Lexington, Virginia

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Mary Custis Lee

  
  

  Born	12 Jul 1835	Arlington, Virginia
  Died	22 Nov 1918	Hot Springs, Virginia
  Buried		Lee Chapel Museum Lexington, Virginia

  
  

  Child 3 | Male General 'Rooney' William Henry Fitzhugh Lee

  
  

  Born	31 May 1837	Arlington, Virginia
  Died	15 Oct 1891	Ravensworth, Fairfax County, Virginia
  Buried		Lee Chapel Museum Lexington, Virginia

  
  

  Child 4 | Female Anne Carter "Annie" Lee

  
  

  Born	18 Jun 1839	Arlington, Virginia
  Died	20 Oct 1862	Warrenton, North Carolina
  Buried		Lee Chapel Museum Lexington, Virginia

  
  

  Child 5 | Female Eleanor Agnes Lee

  
  

  Born	27 Feb 1841	Arlington, Virginia
  Died	15 Oct 1873	Lexington, Virginia
  Buried		Lee Chapel Museum Lexington, Virginia

  
  

  Child 6 | Male + Robert Edward Lee, Jr.

  
  

  Born	27 Oct 1843	Arlington, Virginia
  Died	19 Oct 1914	Upperville, Virginia
  Buried		Lee Chapel Museum Lexington, Virginia
  Spouse	Juliet Carter | F8740
  Married	8 Mar 1894	District of Columbia

  
  

  Child 7 | Female 'Precious Life' Mildred Childe Lee

  
  

  Born	10 Feb 1845	Arlington, Virginia
  Died	27 Mar 1905	New Orleans, Louisiana
  Buried		Lee Chapel Museum Lexington, Virginia

  
  

• Sources

  [S100] Internet Source. 158 YEARS AGO - Gettysburg Campaign Lee and Longstreet bivouac outside Berryville, Virginia - June 18-19, 1863 Part of the Army of Northern Virginia marched north toward Winchester, while Lt. Gen. James Longstreet?s corps camped here with Lee. On June 13, a Union force under Col. Andrew T. McReynolds had evacuated Berryville and marched to Winchester to join Maj. Gen. Richard S. Milroy?s division there. Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell?s corps attacked and defeated Milroy in the Second Battle of Winchester on June 13-15, thereby clearing the northern Shenandoah Valley in Virginia of Federal forces. [S89] Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/Historyofthesouth.pd814/photos/a.1404511263118649/3063369510566141/. Southern Historical Society Poster based in the United Kingdom · 2d · "I have met with many of the great men of my time, but Lee alone impressed me with the feeling that I was in the presence of a man who was cast in a grander mold, and made of metal different and finer, than that of other men. I believe that all will admit that Lee towers far above all men on either side of that struggle. I believe Lee will be regarded as not only the most prominent figure of the Confederacy, but as the greatest American of the 19th century whose statue is well worthy to stand upon an equal pedestal with that of Washington, and whose memory is equally worthy to be enshrined in the hearts of his countrymen." ?Lord Garnet Wolseley (Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of Great Britain) [S257] Bassett Historical Center , Joan Frith on Facebook. Robert E Lee was married to George Washington's granddaughter. He worked with Grant during the Mexican-American war and became a decorated war hero defending this country. He believed slavery was a great evil and his wife broke the law by teaching slaves to read and write. After the civil war, he worked with Andrew Johnson's program of reconstruction. He became very popular with the northern states and the Barracks at West Point were named in his honor in 1962. He was a great man who served this country his entire life in some form or other. His memorial is now being called a blight. No American military veteran should be treated as such. People keep yelling, "You can't change history." Sadly you can. This is no better than book burnings. ISIS tried rewriting history by destroying historical artifacts. Is that really who we want to emulate? As they tear down this "blight," keep these few historical facts in your mind. No military veteran and highly decorated war hero should ever be treated as such. This is not Iraq and that is not a statue of Sadam. IN ADDITION: Lee was also very torn about the prospect of the South leaving the Union. His wife's grandfather, George Washington, was a huge influence on him. He believed that ultimately, states' rights trumped the federal government and chose to lead the Southern army. His estate, Arlington, near Washington DC, was his home and while away fighting the war, the federal government demanded that Lee himself pay his taxes in person. He sent his wife but the money was not accepted from a woman. When he could not pay the taxes, the government began burying dead Union soldiers on his land. The government is still burying people there today. It is now called Arlington National Cemetery . DO THEY WANT TO TEAR THAT UP ALSO?? [S89] Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=4294689593980846&set=a.347883275328184. As our state officials continue to show their ignorance of history: From my friend Teresa Roane, a tireless researcher and historian. Thank you. I watched and listened to the arrogance of ignorance about the Lee memorial today. It made me so sad. "Those People" have no clue about who Robert E. Lee was. They do not know that when he graduated from West Point, Lee is the only cadet to complete the Academy with no demerits, a record which still stands to this day. They don't know that he was a brilliant Engineer and that he changed the course of the Mississippi River to save St. Louis. They don't know that he was Superintendent of West Point. They don't know that Lee was asked to be in charge of the U.S. Army between March and April of 1861. They don't know that he signed a document on December 29, 1862 that freed the slaves at Arlington, Romancoke and White House plantations. It had force of law unlike the Emancipation Proclamation which freed not one slave. They don't know that his army was ethnically diverse. They don't know that he told his soldiers to go home and be good citizens after the war. They don't know that he saved a small college in Lexington, Virginia when he accepted the position as President. They don't know that Lee was admired by People from the North and South. They don't know that President Gerald Ford signed the document that gave Lee back his citizenship. They don't know that the reason why only the name Lee appears on the memorial was because everyone knew him. They don't know that People of Color actually attended the unveiling of the memorial. For decades historians have lied and said that only White people were in attendance. They don't know that military schools around the world studied Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.