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Historical Fact: Robert E. Lee's Mother Buried Alive
Gen. Robert E. Lee, the military hero, was born 15 months after his mother had been laid to rest in her casket in the family vault on Arlington Heights. Warfield Lee of Catlettsburg, Ky., who is familiar with the incident, is in a position to know for he is a grandnephew of General Lee. The distinguished military leader was a brother of Warfield Lee's father, Samuel Lee.
He tells the story as follows: Lighthorse Harry Lee's wife was very ill in 1809. Her condition grew steadily worse until one day four physicians pronounced her dead.
She lay in state in the great Lee mansion on Arlington Heights for four days.
On the sixth day she was removed to the family mausoleum.
On the seventh day, the sexton went into the mausoleum to lay flowers on the casket and sweep the floor, for the day had been quite rainy and the shoes of those following the distinguished woman to her final rest dropped considerable mud.
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This was taken from a newspaper article. Lee's other did suffer from narcolepsy.
There are other reports that she was in the crypt for three days which is more believeable (but also may be Messianic).
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Is Robert E. Lee grave in little rock?
General Robert E. Lee is not buried in Little Rock. He was entombed at the Washington-Lee University.
What famous person was buried on Lookout Mountain?
Robert E Lee
Is Robert E. Lee alive?
No, he died in September 1870.
Where is Robert E. Lees horse traveler buried?
Washington and Lee College
Where is Robert E. Lees right arm buried?
Lee did not lose an arm, it was Jackson, who was wounded then died at Chancellorsville..There the arm is buried.
Which civil war general was buried barefooted?
Robert E Lee was buried barefoot.. the coffin was too small
Where is traveller buried?
Traveller is buried on the Washington and Lee University campus right outside of the Lee Chapel, which is where Robert E. Lee is buried.
Is Robert E. Lee grave in little rock?
General Robert E. Lee is not buried in Little Rock. He was entombed at the Washington-Lee University.
What famous person was buried on Lookout Mountain?
Robert E Lee
Is Robert E. Lee alive?
No, he died in September 1870.
Where is Robert E. Lees horse traveler buried?
Washington and Lee College
Where Robert E. Lee died at?
He was buried at Lexington,Virginia so that's where he died at.
When was Robert E. Lee alive?
Robert Edward Lee was born January 19, 1807 and died October 12, 1870.
Where is Robert E. Lees right arm buried?
Lee did not lose an arm, it was Jackson, who was wounded then died at Chancellorsville..There the arm is buried.
Was Robert E. Lee's horse Traveller stuffed after death?
No. Traveller's bones are buried beside Lee Chapel in Lexington, Virginia.
Where was Robert E. Lee last seen?
Lee died in his home, the result of a stroke, in Lexington, Virginia, and was buried nearby, in Lee Chapel of what is now Washington and Lee University.
Why do people call Robert e lee Robert e lee and not Robert edward lee?
it was shorter
