Mrs. Lee's rose garden
Subtitle: the true story of the founding of Arlington
By: Carlo DeVito
Edition: Center point large print edition.
Publisher: Center Point Large Print
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Thorndike, Maine
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9781628996142
Subjects: Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.); Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of; Homes and haunts; Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial (Va.); Casualties; History
Description: "The poignant, personal, and unbelievably true story of Mrs. Robert E. Lee and General Montgomery Meigs, and the founding of the Arlington National Cemetery, in the midst of America's greatest struggle, the Civil War"--
Table of contents: title: Prologue: American Acropolis; title: The Rose of Arlington; title: Robert E. Lee; title: Montgomery C. Meigs; title: Robert E. Lee saves Arlington; title: Meigs and the great dome; title: Fleeing Arlington; title: Arlington gone; title: Death comes; title: Searching for Arlington; title: The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; title: Her last visit; title: The final resting place.