. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. arrival, consisted only of a small hair-covered trunk, studded with brass-headed nails. A thor-ough soldier, he traveledlightly equipped. It wasa strange freak of fortunethat brought to this spotone who was so intimatelyassociated with its formerowner, and inseparablylinked in death the namesof Greene and Lee, twoof the ablest com^mandersof the Revolutionary Warin the South. It was immediatelyafter the conclusion of thepeace that General Greeneobtained possession of thesouthern end of Cumber-land Island, and designedhere a retr
. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. arrival, consisted only of a small hair-covered trunk, studded with brass-headed nails. A thor-ough soldier, he traveledlightly equipped. It wasa strange freak of fortunethat brought to this spotone who was so intimatelyassociated with its formerowner, and inseparablylinked in death the namesof Greene and Lee, twoof the ablest com^mandersof the Revolutionary Warin the South. It was immediatelyafter the conclusion of thepeace that General Greeneobtained possession of thesouthern end of Cumber-land Island, and designedhere a retreat for thelatter years of his planned the house which was later constructed, lined out theavenues through the primitive forests of live-oak, and took a greatinterest in the work begun here; but which he was not destined tosee consummated. He died in 1786, the very year in which thefoundation walls of the mansion-house were laid. Cumberland has an interesting history. It is a tradition thatthe Indian name was Missoe, or beautiful island, but that it was. MEW OF DUXGENtSS. SOLDIER, CITIZEN AND CHRISTIAN PATRIOT. ^37 changed at the request of the chieftain in possession at the time ofOglethorpes arrival, in honor of the Duke of Cumberland. TheEnglishman was so pleased at this evidence of good-will that hecaused a hunt-ing-lodge to beerected here andnamed it Dun-geness, afterhis country-seatof that name, onthe Cape ofDungeness,County of that timeuntil the break-ing out of thewar, says theold record, itwas owned suc-cessively bypeers of theBritish realm. The islandis eighteen milesin length, andfrom half a mileto three miles inbreadth. It wasmainly coveredwith forest; its live-oaks were celebrated for their great size and antiquity ; and it isan interesting bit of history that the timbers of that gallant frigate, theConstitution (Old Ironsides), were obtained here, many of the stumpsbeing visible twenty years ago. As the forests of Cumberland swarmedwith deer, bea
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