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While Secretary of War Edwin Stanton designated it as a military cemetery on June 15, 1864; it was Brigadier General Montgomery C. Meigs, who commanded the garrison at Arlington House ( the former home of Confederate General Robert E. Lee though he never did own it.) appropriated the grounds that same day, so that the house was uninhabitable in case the Lee's decided to come back.

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