In the next letter to my mother he describes a visit to the grave of
his father at Dungeness, on Cumberland Island, Georgia. Dungeness was
presented to General Nathaniel Green by the State of Georgia for
services rendered her in the Revolution. General Henry Lee, returning
from the West Indies, where he had been for some months on account
of his health, landed there, and in a few days died, March 15, 1818.
He was most kindly cared for by the daughter of his old commander,
and was buried there in the garden of Dungeness. At the time of my
father's visit the place belonged to a great-nephew of General Green,
Mr. Nightingale.

"Coosawhatchie, South Carolina, January 18, 1862.

"On my return, day before yesterday, from Florida, dear Mary, I received
your letter of the 1st inst. I am very glad to find that you had a
pleasant family meeting Christmas, and that it was so large. I am
truly grateful for all the mercies we enjoy, notwithstanding the
miseries of war, and join heartily in the wish that the next year may
find us at peace with all the world. I am delighted to hear that our
little grandson [his first grandchild--son of my brother Fitzhugh. He
died in 1863] is improving so fast and is becoming such a perfect
gentleman. May his path be strewn with flowers and his life with
happiness. I am very glad to hear also that his dear papa is promoted.
It will be gratifying to him and increase, I hope, his means of
usefulness. Robert wrote me he saw him on his way through
Charlottesville with his squadron, and that he was well. While at
Fernandina I went over to Cumberland Island and walked up to
'Dungeness,' the former residence of General Green. It was my first
visit to the house, and I had the gratification at length of visiting
my father's grave. He died there, you may recollect, on his way from