Leo P. Ribuffo
Leo Paul Ribuffo (September 23, 1945 – November 27, 2018) was an American historian.
He was Society of the Cincinnati George Washington Distinguished Professor at George Washington University.
Robert E. Lee
Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was an American and Confederate soldier, best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army.
He commanded the Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until its surrender in 1865.
A son of Revolutionary War officer Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee III, Lee was a top graduate of the United States Military Academy and an exceptional officer and military engineer in the United States Army for 32 years.
During this time, he served throughout the United States, distinguished himself during the Mexican–American War, and served as Superintendent of the United States Military Academy.
He was also the husband of Mary Anna Custis Lee, adopted great granddaughter of George Washington.
When Virginia's 1861 Richmond Convention declared secession from the Union, Lee chose to follow his home state, despite his desire for the country to remain intact and an offer of a senior Union command.
During the first year of the Civil War, he served as a senior military adviser to Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
Once he took command of the Army of Northern Virginia in 1862, he soon emerged as an able tactician and battlefield commander, winning most of his battles, nearly all against far larger Union armies.
Lee's two major strategic offensives into Union territory ended in defeat.
His aggressive tactics, especially at the Battle of Gettysburg, which resulted in high casualties at a time when the Confederacy had a shortage of manpower, have come under criticism in recent years.
Lee surrendered the remnant of his army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
Since Confederate Congress had appointed him supreme commander of Confederate armies, the remaining Confederate forces capitulated after his surrender.
Lee rejected the proposal of a sustained insurgency against the Union and called for national reconciliation.
In 1865, Lee became president of Washington College (later Washington and Lee University) in Lexington, Virginia; in that position, he supported reconciliation between North and South.
He accepted "the extinction of slavery" provided for by the Thirteenth Amendment, but publicly opposed racial equality and granting African Americans the right to vote and other political rights.
Lee died in 1870.
In 1975, the U.S. Congress posthumously restored Lee's citizenship effective June 13, 1865.
Ravensworth (plantation)
Ravensworth was an 18th- century plantation house near Annandale in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Ravensworth was the Northern Virginia residence of William Fitzhugh, William Henry Fitzhugh, Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee and George Washington Custis Lee.
It was built in 1796.
George Washington Putnam
George Washington Putnam was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
David Dunnels White
David Dunnels White (April 14, 1844 – February 9, 1924) was an American farmer who served as a Union soldier during the American Civil War.
His "single-handed capture of Confederate Major General George Washington Custis Lee" in 1865 became widely publicized in 2011 as an act that possibly ended the war early, saving many lives.
, his nomination for a Medal of Honor was being reviewed by the United States Army.
Nancy Baron
Nancy Baron is an American rock singer who was active in New York City in the early 1960s, known for the singles" Where Did My Jimmy Go?" and" I've Got A Feeling".
William Reinhart
William J. Reinhart( August 2, 1896 – February 14, 1971) was an American college basketball, football, and baseball coach at the George Washington University, the University of Oregon, and the United States Merchant Marine Academy.
From 1923 to 1935, he served as the head basketball coach at Oregon.
He is the school's second- winningest coach with 180 victories.
His record through 13 seasons at Oregon was 180–101.
He suffered only one losing season.
Largely due to his success, Oregon was forced to build McArthur Court to accommodate the large crowds that became fixtures for Ducks games on his watch.
At George Washington, he compiled a 319–237 record in basketball, or. 574 winning percentage, including a 23 – 3 season in 1953 – 54.
His teams twice made the NCAA tournament, in 1954 and 1961, George Washington's only trips to the NCAA Tournament until Mike Jarvis's team in 1993.
Players he coached at George Washington included future Basketball Hall of Famer Red Auerbach and future National Basketball Association( NBA) players Joe Holup, Corky Devlin and Gene Guarilia and at Oregon he coached Howard Hobson.
Auerbach said Reinhart's coaching and fast break offenses were" 15 years ahead of their time."
Reinhart also was head football coach at George Washington and the United States Merchant Marine Academy, assistant football coach at Oregon, and head baseball coach at Oregon and George Washington.
Reinhart died of cancer on February 14, 1971, at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C..
He was inducted into George Washington's athletic hall of fame in 1993.
A collection of papers and memorabilia related to Reinhart is housed in the Special Collections Research Center of The George Washington University.
The collection includes correspondence, photographs, certificates, and news clippings.
The material ranges in date from 1920 to 1993.
George Washington Parke Custis
George Washington Parke Custis (April 30, 1781 – October 10, 1857) was a Virginia plantation owner, antiquarian, author, and playwright.
The grandson of Martha Washington and step-grandson and adopted son of George Washington, he and his sister Eleanor grew up at Mount Vernon and in the Washington presidential households.
Upon reaching age 21, Custis inherited a large fortune from his late father, John Parke Custis, including a plantation in what is now Arlington, Virginia.
High atop a hill overlooking the Potomac River and Washington, D.C., he built the Greek Revival mansion Arlington House (1803-18), as a shrine to George Washington.
There he preserved and displayed many of Washington's belongings.
Custis wrote historical plays about Virginia, delivered a number of patriotic addresses, and was the author of the posthumously-published "Recollections and Private Memoirs of George Washington" (1860).
His daughter, Mary Anna Randolph Custis, married Robert E. Lee.
They inherited Arlington House and the plantation surrounding it, but the property was soon confiscated by the federal government during the Civil War.
The property was deemed to have been illegally confiscated by the US Supreme Court after the Civil War and was ordered returned to Lee's heirs.
After regaining Arlington Custis Lee immediately sold it back to the federal government for its fair market value.
Arlington House is now a museum, interpreted by the National Park Service as the Robert E. Lee Memorial.
The remainder of Arlington plantation is now Fort Myer and Arlington National Cemetery.
David Dunnels White
David Dunnels White (April 14, 1844 – February 9, 1924) was an American farmer who served as a Union soldier during the American Civil War.
His "single-handed capture of Confederate Major General George Washington Custis Lee" in 1865 became widely publicized in 2011 as an act that possibly ended the war early, saving many lives.
, his nomination for a Medal of Honor was being reviewed by the United States Army.
George Washington Custis Lee
George Washington Custis Lee (September 16, 1832 – February 18, 1913), also known as Custis Lee, was the eldest son of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis Lee.
His grandfather George Washington Custis was the step-grandson and adopted son of George Washington and grandson of Martha Custis Washington.
He served as a Confederate general in the American Civil War, primarily as an aide-de-camp to President Jefferson Davis, and succeeded his father as president of Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.

Question: Where did George Washington Custis Lee's father study?
Answer: Army