[DOC] [TLE] Arlington House - Arlington National Cemetery [PAR] Oct 7, 2015 ... George Washington Parke Custis and his wife, Mary Lee Fitzhugh ... in Arlington 
House for the rest of their lives and were buried together ... in reality the 
confiscation of the property was a military necessity. ... General of the U.S. Army, 
appropriated the grounds June 15, 1864, for use as a military cemetery. [DOC] [TLE] How Arlington National Cemetery Came to Be | History | Smithsonian [PAR] The fight over Robert E. Lee's beloved homeseized by the U.S. government ... 
Starting in 1864, Arlington National Cemetery was transformed into a military 
cemetery. ... When Custis died, Arlington passed to Mary Lee, his only surviving 
child, who ... The general, stranded at a desk in Richmond, feared for his wife's 
safety. [DOC] [TLE] Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial - Wikipedia [PAR] Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, formerly named the Custis-Lee 
Mansion, is a ... After their deaths, Mary's parents were buried not far from the 
house on land that is ... The Arlington estate was seized for nonpayment of taxes. 
... Custis Lee was a Major General in the Civil War and was captured by Union 
forces... [DOC] [TLE] Arlington National Cemetery: 8 Surprising Facts - History in the ... [PAR] May 28, 2012 ... Explore eight surprising facts about Arlington National Cemetery, ... Arlington 
National Cemetery is located on Confederate General Robert E. Lee's 
confiscated estate. ... house that been built by George Washington Parke Custis, 
Mary's ... were buried on the property, and their graves were incorporated into... [DOC] [TLE] Arlington National Cemetery--Civil War Era National Cemeteries: A ... [PAR] The cemetery property is on the former grounds of Arlington House, the mansion 
of ... grandson of President George Washington, and his wife, Mary Lee Fitzhugh. 
... he and Mary Anna lived there until 1861 when Virginia seceded from the Union 
and ... land were designated as a military cemetery as Quartermaster General... [DOC] [TLE] History of Robert E. Lee Arlington House: Property inventory for ... [PAR] Dec 11, 2014 ... Union soldiers occupied Arlington House, Robert E. Lee's home in ... An 
Inventory of Robert E. Lee's Personal Property, Left in His Mansion and Seized 
by the ... extent of furnishings left in the large house, even after Lee's wife Mary 
Anna ... the headquarters for General George McClellan; its property held a... [DOC] [TLE] Arlington House - The Custis-Lee Mansion [PAR] Dec 14, 2004 ... George Washington Parke Custis and his wife, Mary Lee Fitzhugh ... lived in 
Arlington House for the rest of their lives and were buried together ... Lee, who 
had been named a major general for the Virginia military ... at Arlington House, 
appropriated the grounds June 15, 1864, for use as a military cemetery. [DOC] [TLE] Montgomery Cunningham Meigs, Major General, United States Army [PAR] As the Union Army's quartermaster general, dispatching men and equipment to 
the ... Dr. Charles Delucena Meigs and of Mary (Montgomery) Meigs of 
Philadelphia. .... In August 1864, twenty-six men were buried around Mrs. Lee's 
rose garden. .... (Possibly Montgomery C. Meigs, His Wife And Children) ... The 
Meigs House [DOC] [TLE] 50 plus DC - Arlington National Cemetery - 50 plus DC Home [PAR] The history of the cemetery starts with Arlington House, built on land ... Mary 
married Robert E. Lee in 1831, who became a Confederate General in the Civil 
War. The house and its grounds were confiscated by the Union government in 
1864, ... DC, just over the river, so he persuaded his wife Mary to leave Arlington. 
Union... [DOC] [TLE] Arlington House - Encyclopedia Virginia [PAR] Jan 14, 2010 ... Arlington House, also known as the Lee-Custis Mansion, overlooks ... In 1864 the 
federal government officially appropriated the grounds and there ... Lee took over 
management of the estate, which his wife had inherited. ... Early in the war 
Arlington became the headquarters of Union general Irvin McDowell... [DOC] [TLE] History of Arlington National Cemetery -

Question: In 1864 Arlington House & its grounds were confiscated by the Union from this general's wife Mary
Answer: Robert E. Lee