Nov 22, 2023 · His coffins, brought to Lexington from Richmond, were swept out by the floods while en route. One of the caskets was recovered, but it ended up being slightly too small for …

Jan 26, 2018 · When Confederate Army general Robert E. Lee died five years after the Civil War ended, the cause of his death had doctors stumped. He had been in poor health, but his …

Mar 26, 2017 · General Lee died on Wednesday morning, October 12, 1870, at 9:30 o'clock, in the President's house at Washington College, now Washington and Lee University. The body …

Mourners, many of them in uniform, congregate outside of University Chapel & Chapel Galleries (formerly Lee Chapel) on the campus of Washington College (now Washington and Lee) for …

Jan 15, 2017 · So it turns out that, when Robert E. Lee died in October 1870 in Lexington, Virginia, there was rain, serious rain. Rain enough to wash out the dock on the river, on which …

Mourners, many of them in uniform, congregate outside Lee Chapel on the campus of Washington College (now Washington and Lee) for the October 15, 1870, funeral of former …

This posed a very difficult problem for the burial of Robert E. Lee. Because of the damage done to Lexington's wharf, coupled with the fact the area's roads had been washed out, it was unlikely …

May 1, 2024 · 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 …

Jan 15, 2014 · Two young men --Charles H. Chittum and Henry Wallace --volunteered to search for a coffin for the Lee funeral. They sought for hours before discovering one which had been …

Civil War Confederate General. He is remembered for leading the Army of Northern Virginia to the brink of victory in the Civil War. Born to a Virginia family of nobility, but little money, his father …