Stanford Hall Plantation

Stratford Hall Plantation is the birthplace of Robert E. Lee, General-in-Chief of the Confederate armies. The brick Georgian geat huse is located near Stratford, Virginia in Westmoreland County, on the Potomac River. File links The following pages link to this file: Stratford Hall Plantation ... File links The following pages link to this file: Stratford Hall Plantation ... Robert Edward Lee, as a U.S. Army Colonel before the war Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a career army officer and the most successful general of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War. ... For other meanings of confederate and confederacy, see confederacy (disambiguation) National Motto Deo Vindice (Latin: Under God our Vindicator) Official language English de facto nationwide Various European and Native American languages regionally Capital Montgomery, Alabama February 4, 1861–May 29, 1861 Richmond, Virginia May 29, 1861–April 9, 1865 Largest... Stratford, Virginia is home to Stratford Hall Plantation, the birthplace of Robert E. Lee. ... Westmoreland County is the name of several counties in the United States: Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Westmoreland County, Virginia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Upper part of the Potomac River The Potomac River flows into Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States (USA). ...

In 1717, Thomas Lee bought the land for Stratford Hall plantation. Thomas had a wharf and grist mill built at Stratford Landing on the Potomac River. Thomas and wife Hannah raised six sons and two daughters. Two of the sons, Richard Henry Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee, were signers the Declaration of Independence, the only brothers to sign the document. The eldest son, Philip Ludwell Lee, inherited Stratford. After Philip Ludwell Lee's death in 1775, his eldest dauther, Matilda, took over the plantation. She married her cousin, Revolutionary War hero, Henry Lee, III. He is most notabley known as Light Horse Harry Lee. In 1790, Matilda died, leaving the estate to her husband. "Light Horse Harry" Lee married Anne Hill Carter in 1793. On January 19, 1807 their fourth child, Robert E. Lee, was born, the last Lee born at Stratford to survive to maturity. // Events January 4 — The Netherlands, Britain & France sign Triple Alliance February 26-March 6 What is now the northeastern United States was paralyzed by a series of blizzards that buried the region. ... Forestry plantations A plantation of Douglas-fir in Washington, USA; note the trees of uniform size and planted in straight lines, and the lack of diversity in the ground flora In forestry, plantations of trees are typically grown as an even-aged monoculture for timber production, as opposed to a... U.S. Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence is the document in which the Thirteen Colonies declared themselves independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain and explained their justifications for doing so. ... 1775 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen of her North American colonies. ... Henry Lee III (January 29, 1756 - March 25, 1818), American general, called Light Horse Harry, was born near Dumfries, Virginia. ... 1790 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Anne Hill (Carter) Lee (1773-1829) married Henry Lee III (Light Horse Harry Lee) in 1793 at Shirley Plantation in Charles City County, Virginia where she had been born. ... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1807 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...