Section 27 and Freedman's Village in Arlington National Cemetery
From its origination, Arlington National Cemetery''s history has been compellingly intertwined with that of African Americans. This book explains how the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the home of Robert E. Lee and a plantation of the enslaved, became a military camp for Federal troops, a freedmen''s village and farm, and America''s most important burial ground. During the Civil War, the ...
From its origination, Arlington National Cemetery''s history has been compellingly intertwined with that of African Americans. This book explains how the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the home of Robert E. Lee and a plantation of the enslaved, became a military camp for Federal troops, a freedmen''s village and farm, and America''s most important burial ground. During the Civil War, the ...
