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<blockquote data-quote="lavacarancher" data-source="post: 932274" data-attributes="member: 9198"><p>Right on the money. Robert E. Lee owned the land thru his wife who was the granddaughter of George Washington. George and Martha never had any kids of their own but took in a young man and raised him as theirs. He married and had a daughter who married Robert E. Lee.</p><p></p><p>Before the Civil War, Robert E. Lee was a Lt. in the Union Army but when war was declared he resigned his commission and went to the "South" (he was from Virginia). During the war there were so many dead that the Union could not find places to bury them. They devised a plan to confiscate Lee's property by forcing him to pay his back taxes - in person! Lee's wife sent an embessary to the North's government with $90 to pay the taxes but it was refused because Lee had not come in person. They seized Lee's land and turned it into a cemetary to bury the dead union solders. Probably a lot more to the story.</p><p></p><p>Rotten politics was rampant even back then.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lavacarancher, post: 932274, member: 9198"] Right on the money. Robert E. Lee owned the land thru his wife who was the granddaughter of George Washington. George and Martha never had any kids of their own but took in a young man and raised him as theirs. He married and had a daughter who married Robert E. Lee. Before the Civil War, Robert E. Lee was a Lt. in the Union Army but when war was declared he resigned his commission and went to the "South" (he was from Virginia). During the war there were so many dead that the Union could not find places to bury them. They devised a plan to confiscate Lee's property by forcing him to pay his back taxes - in person! Lee's wife sent an embessary to the North's government with $90 to pay the taxes but it was refused because Lee had not come in person. They seized Lee's land and turned it into a cemetary to bury the dead union solders. Probably a lot more to the story. Rotten politics was rampant even back then. [/QUOTE]
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