The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-14
TO REST FINALLY
BY BODY OF SON
REMAINS OF FLIGHT HORSE
HARRY" LEE TO Be BROUGHT
TO LEXINGTON.
END OF LONG FIGHT
GEORGIA DIVISION DAUGHTERS OF
AMERICAN REVOLUTION or
JECTED STRONGLY TO
PROPOSED CHANGE.

BRUNSWICK, GA, Jan. l1.-~Mrs
Lucy Carnegie has given her consent
to the removal OF the remains of
Light Horse Harry Lee, revolu-
tIonary hero and father Of General
Robert II. Lee, from the burial ground
on the Carnegie plantation at Dun
geness, on Cumberland island, to Vir~
ginia, where they will be reinterred
with suitable ceremonies by the side
of his illustrious son.
This aeclsson on the part of Mrs
| Carnegie ends the long fight by the
Georgia division of the Daughters of
the American Revolution against the
removal OF the body OF the revolu-
tionary cavalier. General Lee died
on Cumberland. and his body was
buried tneie. And there 1t has re-
NAMED for more than II century. The
grave has been carefully tended by
each successive owner OF the land.
A year ago the Virginia Legislature
named "a committee and appropriated
| NV 10 ueIIay the expenses of remov~
ing the body from its present resting
= tore to the Lee burial ground al
Lexington, Va 1t was not presumed
at .Aat tIme that there would be any
! object of the Virginia legislature to
gather together the dust OF all the
/ family of Lees and to bury theta to-
gether in one spot
But the Georgia division OF the
/ Daughters of the American Revolu-
] ton opposed the removal from the
/ first. At its meetings In Marietta last
/ spring resolutions were adopted pro.
! testing the removal on the ground
/ h. nvr,o ms h14 or
! Georgia soil so long It would be an
act of dissertation to disturb them at
! this late day. The movement was
headed by Mrs. J. H Reddlng, of the
! Waycross chapter, who got up a pc
| tition which was signed by hundreds
| of the daughters. throughout the
State, knowledge of which was SEM
to Mrs Carnegie.
! Not Taken to Legislature.
1t was the intention of the State
regent to have the matter brought
| TO the attention OF the Georgia legis
iature at it's last meeting. 1t was pro.
posed to memorabilia that body to
| take action in the matter as an offse'
| TO the activity OF the Virginia legis
| lature- But for some reason the pro
| posed resolution Vas not presented
and the legislature adjourned without
having considered the proposition. l.
| Georg a Legislature to act may have
| influenced Mrs. Carnegie in reaching
| a decision.
The strongest argument made by
the daughters against the removal was
a statement made by General Lee af-
ter visit to the grave OF his father
in 1870. The Confederate chieftain Ia
alleged TO have said on that occasion
that he was satisfied with the rest
IL. ~
prettier or more restful spot could
have been chosen for his grave The
daughters contended that If General
Robert f. Lee was satisfied to have
the remains OF his father rest on
Georgia soil the Virginia legislature
ought to be.
The committee appointed by the
Virginia legislature to make arrange
ments for the transfer of the remains
lis expected to arrive in Georgia short
lily. The precise date of the removal
has not yet been announced. The con-
sent of Mrs. Carnegie to the removal
removes the last stumbling block In
the way of the transfer 1t Is not
probable that the Georgia Daughters
will take any further action In the
matter
Visited General Greene.
In the latter years Of his life GEN
eral Henry Lee made a journey to
the Island OF cuba in the interest OF
his health. Finding himself only
slightly improved and very weak. he
! aetarfa4led-ta- np-nAer- Georgia
on the return trip and visit his friend
| and comrade in arms, General Ma
thaniei Greene. the then owner OF
Dungeness and Cumberland island.
| The Revolutionary hero was so weak
upon his arrival that he had to be
helped from his horse. There were
no railroads through the South in
| those days,
General Lee failed t. improve at
| Dungeness, although every care and
| attention was bestowed upon him. He
grew weaker and weaker. and finally
/ died there. He was given burial on
/ Cum berland In the little cemetery that
sheltered the mortal remains of the
/ by-gone Greene. And there he has
lain through all these year, guarded
| by primeval oaks and with carpet
| or periwinkle for a coverlet. "A small
stone slab marks his resting lace.
| The grave has been cared for zeal 14s-
| ly by all who have owned Dungeness
since those early days.
| When the island came into the pos
sesnl SIT, Of th~ Gacnegtes~. their first
frare was to ii1Hhe arrangements for
| the perpetual tending or the grave OF
Lee, Nothing mad ever been done
| looking TO the removal of the remains
| 10 Virginia. After the visit OF General
| Robert f. Lee to Georgia, and his
expression OF satisfaction at the last
resting place Of his father. it was
not presumed that 1t ever would b
| done. But after the lapse of more
than a century Virginia remembered
| her son lying under an alien sky, and
| now, at last, Lee is to rest with his
forbears In the burial acre at Lex
/ ington.
| NECPn CETC FIVE