Custis owned two other enslaved labor farms-Romancoke and White House.Ī year after marrying Mary Custis, Lee inherited enslaved workers from his mother’s estate. Enslaved labor created much of his wealth including the prestigious, Doric-columned Arlington House with its commanding view of the capital. Custis earned his money through inheritance, and that inherited wealth derived from the work of enslaved labor. At the age of twenty-four, two years after graduating from West Point, Lee married Mary Custis, the only child of George Washington Parke Custis, the adopted son of George Washington. His visit is sponsored by the History Department at W&L.“While Lee believed in slavery, he also profited from it far more than other army colonels. In his book, Seidule deconstructs the Lost Cause narrative, discusses his former hero Lee and details how he came to understand that the Southern states went to war to protect and expand slavery. Lee, Seidule once believed that the Confederates were romantic underdogs who lost the American Civil War with honor.
During his time in the Army, Seidule commanded cavalry and armor units in war and peace, serving in the United States, Germany, Italy, the Balkans, Saudi Arabia and Iraq.īrought up to revere Robert E.
Army for 36 years, retiring as a brigadier general in 2020. Seidule received his bachelor’s degree from W&L and his master’s and doctorate degrees from Ohio State University. Seidule has published numerous books, articles and videos on military history, including the award-winning “West Point History of the Civil War.” He is also the Chamberlain Fellow at Hamilton College, as well as a New America Fellow. Seidule is a professor emeritus of history at West Point, where he taught for two decades. The public is invited to watch for free at go.wlu.edu/ty-seidule-talk. Lee and Me: A Southerner’s Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause.” Seidule will take part in a virtual interview about his new book, “Robert E. Washington and Lee University will host Ty Seidule ’84 on Feb. Search Feature Stories Campus Events All Stories Stories by Discipline
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