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May 31, 2024 · Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (February 1818 – May 1907) (sometimes spelled Keckly) was a former slave who became a successful seamstress, civic activist and author in Washington, DC. She was best known as the personal modiste and confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln, the First Lady.
- "Elizabeth Burwell"
- February 1, 1818
- Dinwiddie, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, USA
- May 26, 1907
Jun 3, 2024 · Here the young West Point graduate Robert E. Lee courted his distant cousin Mary Anna Randolph Custis, daughter of G. W. P. Custis and Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis. Here, too, the couple married on June 30, 1831, maintaining their home at Arlington until forced out at the beginning of the Civil War.
Jun 14, 2024 · Custis built Arlington House as a tribute to Washington and, upon his death in 1857, the estate passed to his daughter, Mary Anna Randolph Custis, who was married to Robert E. Lee, a prominent U.S. Army officer.
Jun 19, 2024 · General Robert E Lee, who in 1831 married Mary Custis, heiress of Arlington House, lived here in the years leading up to the US Civil War. After joining the Confederacy, Lee left, never to return.
2 days ago · Robert E. Lee. Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, toward the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army. He led the Army of Northern Virginia —the Confederacy's most powerful army—from 1862 until its surrender in 1865 ...
Jun 16, 2024 · R. E. Lee married Mary Ann Randolph Custis in 1831. The couple welcomed seven children: George Washington Custis, “Boo or Custis,” b. 1832, Mary Custis, b. 1835, William Henry Fitzhugh, “Rooney,” b. 1837, Anne Carter, “Annie,” b. 1839, Agnes, b. 1841, Robert Edward Jr., “Rob,” b. 1843, and Mildred, b. 1846.
2 days ago · They had four children, but only one, Mary Anna Randolph Custis, survived into adulthood. On June 30, 1831, she married future Confederate States Army general Robert E. Lee . In 1818, Arlington House was completed.
