Built by George Washington Parke Custis between 1802 and 1818 to serve as a memorial to his step-grandfather, George Washington, the house is now associated more with the man who married into the ...

In letters home to Arlington, Robert E. Lee continually reminds his children of the importance of self-control and discipline. Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln. Courtesy: Library of Congress ...

Robert E. Lee was a central character in America's defining national trauma, the Civil War. These images explore other facets of his life, from the young boy coping with the abandonment of an ...