How to visit Robert E Lee's grave | History Travel Advice
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- Explore Lee Chapel at Washington and Lee University with Walk with History! See the Lexington, Virginia final resting place of Robert E. Lee, and hear about his life after the Civil War.
Intro: 0:00
Where is Robert E Lee buried?: 0:05
How did Robert E Lee die?: 1:20
Arlington House: 2:30
Robert E Lee as University President: 4:49
Robert E Lee's crypt: 5:18
Robert E Lee's office: 6:11
Robert E Lee's campus home: 6:55
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Great video! I am James D Lee. I am one of Edmond Jennings Lee's descendants, which makes me Roberts's first Cousin, six generations removed. But I have visited the university twice, and it's just a beautiful place. I have a lot of family records. Something many may not know is that through the family that stayed in England, we are related to the late actor Sir Christopher Lee as well.
👆Oh I'm Related To Robert E Lee
What an honor.
How cool!
Thank you for an excellent episode. So much history!
During the Civil War, General Montgomery Meigs, who was quartermaster general of the US Army, decided to authorize burials on the Arlington property. By having Union dead buried on the grounds, Meigs hoped Mrs. Lee would never have access to her rose gardens.
Interestingly, George Washington Custis Lee sued the US Government in 1874 and won! The Supreme Court ruled in Lee’s favor. Because of the large number of graves on the Arlington property, Lee settled with the Government for $150,000. Never again would Mrs. Lee be able to tend to her roses.
Very true and when the Lee family sued to get reimbursed for the property. It was Robert Todd Lincoln who oversaw the transaction as Secretary of War at the time under Garfield.
A lot of money back then. For the same reason none of the Confederate generals or the president were tried in court for some non-existent crime; the Union would have lost.
Thank You, Gen. Lee was a great American.
A very enjoyable 8 minutes. Thank you!
Our pleasure!
Lee was the only West Point cadet who never received any demerits through out his four years there. 8:25
Unfortunately, they took a large portrait of Lee down at West Point. They want to remove all mention of him. Its ridiculous. I accompanied my husband and his JROTC cadets to a football game there in October and found out a few things that just disappointed me. They also removed duty, honor, country from their motto. Sad state of affairs.
@@tamiramos5873 They are doing that with all the confederate Generals. Fort Bragg is no longer Fort Bragg either but having been stationed at Bragg, it will always be so, no matter the sign at the front.
How neat!
@@tamiramos5873 Since the Southern culture has taken over the US and the South is booming, the leftists/communists/socialists/racists hate the South even more.
Robert E. Lee married into the Custis family, and they are related by marriage to George Washington. Arlington House is the Custos -Lee Mansion. Fun fact: Robert E. Lee's son "Rooney" was on the Board of Governor's for what became VA Tech. Post war, the Lee family continued to contribute to the betterment of education.
That is interesting. I did not know that. Thank you for sharing.
I’m glad the family was able to recover from his treason and do good things.
@@kellydiver HE was loyal to VA. Not in the political sphere. General Lee saved Washington College from bankruptcy, and after his passing the Board of Governors added his name to what we know as Washington and Lee University, in Lexington, VA. His former home is now the most hallowed place in the USA, and the Custis-Lee Mansion is the centerpiece. The mansion was completed by R. E . Lee after his father in law had gone nearly broke trying to make it into a museum of George Washington articles.
@@MorganOtt-ne1qj Fantastic - but he accepted an education from the United States government and, in return, swore an oath to the United States, which he broke. He is a sympathetic character, but a traitor nonetheless. I’m not sure Lincoln did the right thing by letting his and his officers’ treason go unpunished. We are suffering the consequences of that decision even today as citizens so casually choose sedition over country.
So its open again??? My mom, my sister, and I were there in September and it was closed. The woke crowd around the area like to call the college something else for short and they leave Lee's name out of it. I can't remember exactly what it was one of the students told me. Its cool that VMI is right across the road. Lexington is much smaller than I thought for having those two colleges in town. At the time I was there, I looked up the college and there was discussion about changing the name so that Lee would no longer be associated with it. Also, The Stonewall Jackson Cemetery has a name change as well to Oak Grove Cemetery. Changing names doesn't make it go away.
It was all open again. They were renovating the museum in the basement though. But we were allowed to see the crypt and Lees Office. Changing names doesn’t make it go away or the history vanish but it is how it is remembered by people today. We will see what happens in the future. I hope the past is preserved though for future generations
What a gorgeous place! I had never even seen a picture of that statue so thank you so much for showing that. I am so thankful for your videos each week. I have forgotten so much of the history I learned in my school years. They are like little refresher courses! I've said it before, but I really appreciate the heart you put into your presentation. Hugs!
Thank you for watching. The statue was so lifelike it did look like Lee was sleeping.
As always, a very beautiful Video. Thank You !
Thank you too!
Great video. I was down there, but didn't get to visit the grave. Need to go back
great history lesson young lady. thank you!!
Thank you for watching
Whilst I was visiting from the UK in the early 2000s a good friend of mine, a VMI alumni, took me to visit Lexington where we spent time at VMI and the locations you featured in this video. Thank you for bringing back fabulous memories for me!
Thank you for sharing that! 😊
Awesome episode Jen! Next trip up, I need to go here! You guys need to come down to Mobile and we can get together!
That would be cool!
APPRECIATE YOU WwH!!!!
Thanks!
Good video young lady ! THANK YOU FRANK FROM MONTANA......
Thanks Frank! 😁
Beautiful. Thank you! Didn’t he and his wife also live briefly in Richmond after the war?
Thank you! I would have to check but I believe he may have, prior to moving to Lexington.
Been there seen it done it.
Nice!
Traveller's Stable was right behind you as you were walking away from the Lee's house too. I was there 3 times before i got to see Lee"s grave. Was always closed. but i didn't give up lol.
I just learned that sometime they keep it open at night for him too.
The woman that conducted the tour cared nothing for Lee or anything concerning the South. She was almost sneering as she talked. I almost fell over when she said "Lincoln wanted to be kind to the South after the war". That is a lie that is told over and over. Lincoln killed hundreds of thousands of Southern men and women and babies, just to keep the North in a dominate position, over the South. All about money; from Lincolns own writings.
@@thomaswayneward Lincoln was murdered on 14 April 1865. President Andrew Johnson wanted justice and treason trials for the leaders of the rebellion.
great general and a great family of virginia!!
I’m honored to be related to General Lee by marriage. Some might think it as a blight. It is far from that.
How neat!
Lee's wife was Martha Washington's either grandaughter or great grandaughter
Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee was the great granddaughter of Martha Washington
Arlington house was given to Robert E Lee and his wife by his father in law. It wasnt an inheritence as far as i know, it happened when they wed.
Yup! Same as what we said in the video. 😉 Thank you so much for watching! 😊
@@WalkwithHistory no you said his wife inherited it, but that was wrong. That's why I made the comment lol
@@oldrestless Interesting. Arlington National Cemetery website states that "The Lees inherited the Custis estate in 1857..." but to your point they were probably living in it before that (I'd have to check)...and 1857 was when George Washington Park Custis died...which is when they (RE Lee and his wife) inherited it. Thanks for the follow-up! 😊
She and the children often lived there during his absences due to military duty. Arlington had nothing to do with George Washington. It was the property of Martha Washington's first husband. It most certainly was inherited by Mrs Lee. Robert was the executor of the estate. Woken people who
@@martinham1409 Yes, Arlington was the property of Martha Washington's first husband...and she maintained ownership when he died. Then when she married George Washington, the property became his...as was customary with all marriages at that time. 😊 Thank you for watching and commenting!
Were you not able to see his grave? Or the office in person? I tried going last year and they said it was being “renovated”.
We were able to see both but could k my take pictures and no video. We have them in the video…we visited October last year. 😊
@@WalkwithHistory no video?! So lame!! Thanks for the update on this place. I’ve been concerned about the “revisioning” plans they had for this site.
I am guessing the administration at the college hates the South and Lee.
Who is that Lee who died in 2020?? His great grandson?
Yes. His great grandson. And the IV also went to Washington and Lee University graduating in 1949.
Yes but the terms of surrender that Lee signed Grant told President Johnson he would rather resign than arrest R.E Lee
My in _laws are buried in Lexington
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There used to be Confederate around flags on his effigy
Not any more. The flag of losers has finally turned to dust just like the CSA did
I didn’t know that.
The Flags in the Crypt were ones that actually flew in Battle by soldiers of both the Union and Confederacy.
Former Confederates were never prosecuted because the Federal Government knew that it could not substantiate any legal basis for doing so. There was nothing written within the Constitution that forbade a State from leaving the Union before the War. It wasn’t just because Lincoln wanted the South to “be let down easy,” as he put it.
General Lee 1969 Dodge charger
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General Lee was a great man. 😊
He was a TRATOR
If you think crappy generals (he threw his men time and time again into disaster. He believed in grand battles and got his men slaughtered, usually for Virginia) and TRAITORS are great men then sure. I kinda feel for you
I see the woke crowd took down the flags. A shame.
”When it shall no longer be the common flag of the country, it shall be folded up and laid away like a vesture no longer used."
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government 1881
I didn’t know there were flags. But I am can imagine there would have been at some point.
@@WalkwithHistory I visited in the 90's and there were several in that room. History is being erased, and I feel it is a shame.
A great American.
7:58 “Why wasn’t Robert E. Lee ever prosecuted”? He was.
Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia on 9 April 1865. He was indicted for TREASON on 7 June 1865 by a federal grand jury in Norfolk, Virginia; United Stated District Court for the District of Virginia. Lee’s parole was only a war time measure. It was NOT a presidential pardon. After the cessation of major hostilities during the War of the Rebellion, the assignation of President Lincoln on 14 April 1865 and Andrew Johnson becoming president of the United States, Lincoln’s “let them up easy” gave way to a public demand for justice. As stated by John Reeves in the History News Network’s article “What America Keeps Forgetting About Robert E. Lee”, He (Lee) was accused of treason. Only the hunger for reconciliation saved him.
True, President Lincoln wanted reconciliation without Malice. Johnson took that to heart as a way to honor Lincoln. Hence why Lee and Davis were never executed.
I am surprised by the amount of honor these Confederate heroes receive, especially after US Grant starved tens of thousands of Confederate Widows and Orphans to death after Sherman robbed and stole everything of value in the Carolinas and Georgia.
They are honored by the people who honor them, or the families that were loyal to their memory.
Yankees hate the South and are still jealous. Did you know the average Southerner before the war had a net worth that was double that of yankees? What is ironic is the Southern Culture has overtaken the US. Plus the South is growing and booming in most areas. Look at Georgia, Texas and Florida.
The honor they receive is due to the Southern love for Southerns and Lee especially. That college was not built by yankees.
And that's the confusion
Why are they given such accolades? I have confederate history too and frankly they are an embarrassment, not a source of pride. It's kind of funny to listen to sentiment even now about that war. Clearly we've learned very little.
@@pamelaoliver8442 perhaps you havent learned about reconciling . Give it a try.
@@pamelaoliver8442 I am sure your parents and descendants will feel and say the same about you
Why wasn't REL prosecuted!!!!! What crime did he commit? The South was invaded by a foreign army and the South defended itself. The South had no designs on the North, but just wanted to be left in peace.
Lincoln was just a caring, loving man, that wanted to murder Southern warriors and civilians, all for money. Lincoln hated blacks from his early life. He was the head of the group in ILL that wanted to send Blacks to Africa or South America, to remove them from the US, entirely. He never freed one slave, even when he could, in the areas that the Union army had destroyed and had hundreds of thousands of black slaves in the areas; no he left them as slaves.
Jefferson Davis wanted to be charged with a crime and tried in the courts. The Union refused to do so because they knew he would be acquitted.
Unfortunately history is written by the victors. They wanted to preserve the empire at all costs and keep the tax revenue rolling in.