Garden to Graves

Garden to Graves (HM1CA6)

Location: Arlington, VA 22211 Arlington County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 52.85', W 77° 4.36'

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Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial

The dead from three years of Civil War filled all burial spaces in the area. In 1864, President Lincoln charged General Montgomery Meigs with locating a site for a new national cemetery. Arlington's high elevation and aesthetic beauty made it ideal, the Lee's abandoned their home by May of 1861.

Lee and Meigs had much in common: both graduated from West Point; Meigs worked under Lee in 1834 in St. Louis. Meigs had even visited Arlington House on several occasions; he could not forgive Lee for joining the Confederacy.

On June 15, 1864, General Meigs ordered that 200 acres surrounding the mansion be set aside as a cemetery. He personally supervised the burial and placing of headstones of 22 soldiers in Mrs. Lee's flower garden.
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HM NumberHM1CA6
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Placed ByNational Park Service
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Date Added Friday, October 17th, 2014 at 11:36pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 320215 N 4305594
Decimal Degrees38.88083333, -77.07266667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 52.85', W 77° 4.36'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 52' 51.00" N, 77° 4' 21.60" W
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Area Code(s)703, 571
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 32 Sheridan Dr, Arlington VA 22211, US
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