OK Grant was his boss and who masterminded the Rose Garden interment? Just so Lee would not come back to his property.
***
Meigs wrote to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton suggesting that Robert E. Lee’s estate Arlington, which had been confiscated by the Federal government, be used for a military cemetery. “The grounds about the mansion are admirably adapted to such a use,” Meigs wrote on 15 June 1864. That same day, Stanton informed Meigs that he would allot 200 acres of the estate as burial ground.
In August 1864, twenty-six men were buried around Mrs. Lee’s rose garden.
Who masterminded the Rose Garden interments ???
Probably Meigs himself - he had a HUGE hatred of the South and Robert E. Lee, although he had served under and admired Lee prior to the war.
He considered Lee a traitor ...
In August 1864, twenty-six men were buried around Mrs. Lees rose garden.
Who masterminded the Rose Garden interments ???
Probably Meigs himself - he had a HUGE hatred of the South and Robert E. Lee, although he had served under and admired Lee prior to the war.
He considered Lee a traitor ...”
that is one account I heard, But here are others and nothing happened that Grant did not want to happen! including Sherman's atrocities.