Letter : Lexington, Va., to Mrs. Yeatman, Alexandria, Va., 1889 Oct. 3.
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Lee, George Washington Custis, 1832-1913
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Born in 1832, George Washington Custis Lee was the oldest of the Lees' children and had the reputation of a trouble maker as a small child. But he grew up to be a serious, and most capable young man and graduated at the top of his class from the United States Military Academy in 1854. After graduation, Custis pursued a military career. In May 1861, Custis resigned his commission in the U.S. Army shortly after Virginia voted to secede from the Union. During the Civil War he attained the rank of B...
