Rob's Historic Sites

Here's a few stories from 3 different historical markers I've visited regarding how southern Americans/Confederates treated defiant border-state civilians waving Union flags. And, 1 story about how Yankees reacted. ------------------------- In Middletown, Maryland: Excerpt from the historical marker: As Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson rode through Middletown on September 10 1862, two very pretty girls with ribbons of red, white, and blue in their hair and small Union flags in their hands ran out to the curbstone, and laughingly waved their colors defiantly in the face of the General. He bowed and lifted his cap with a quite smile and said to his staff, “We evidently have no friends in this town.” –Henry Kyd Douglas, I Rode with Stonewall (this historical marker and others have since been removed). -------------------------------------------------------- In Frederick, Maryland, Excerpts from 2 historical markers: Marker #1: “Feisty local Unionists-mostly women-ta...

These were the first 2 burials/graves at Arlington National Cemetery and Robert E Lee's in-laws. Father-in-law George Washington Parke Custis happens to be George Washington’s only son (through adoption). When visiting Mt Vernon, visitors are greeted with a statue of George Custis as a child holding George Washington’s hand along with multiple photos of them together. Due to Robert E Lee’s marriage to the only surviving child (Mary Custis Lee) of George Washington’s only son, Lee essentially inherited most of Washington’s remaining estate (including his slaves) and was greatly influenced by him. Since George Washington only adopted 2 children, approximately half of Washington’s “descendants” today are through the lineage of Robert E Lee. The Washington/Custis-Lee marriage could almost be expected because the families were practically neighbors and Robert E Lee’s father was a friend of Washington and fellow General in the Revolutionary War. Incidentally, Light-Horse Harr...