Mrs. Lee's rose garden : the true story of the founding of Arlington

DeVito, Carlo.

Book 2015

"The poignant, personal, and unbelievably true story of Mrs. Robert E. Lee and General Montgomery Meigs, and the founding of the Arlington National Cemetery, in the midst of America's greatest struggle -- the Civil War"--Provided by publisher.

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