The Arlington Cemetery is a national cemetery located at Virgina. The location was property of George Washington Parke Custis, the adopted son of George Washington. Also, his daughter, Mary Anna Randolph Custis, married General Robert E. Lee and she inherited his property. During the Civil War, the Union confiscated Lee’s estate and used it as a burial ground. After the war, Lee’s son sued the government and the Supreme Court ruled that the government confisticated Lee’s property unlawfully. By law, the government had to re-dig 17,000 graves. However, the Lee’s son officially sold the property to the government for $150,000 in 1883. On May 23, 1864, the first military burial there was held for Pvt. William H. Christman of the 67th Pennsylvania
