| Lee as cruelly exploitative and unapologetic slave owner |
| Lee: facts vs. myth and the solidarity of dissemblance |
| Headlines from the letters: slavery? |
| Slavery at Arlington under the Custises and Lees: manumission, insurrection, escape and beating |
| Origins of the 'abolitionist' myth as salve to defeat |
| Matt Penrod, US Park Service, on the shadow and regret of slavery |
| Finest hour? Escaping execution for treason, diplomatic silence during parole |
| Dignified public parole, angry private partisan, unrepentant reactionary |
| Surrender: Lee, Grant, and Lincoln |
| Lee on military discipline |
| The tortured decision to become a Confederate |
| Lee as new Confederate partisan on the inevitability of war |
| Arlington as Union Army post, venue of historical events, site of national military cemetery |
| Vignette from Haralson County creation year 1856: surprise visit of the US President |
| Creator of Arlington House: George Washington Parke Custis |
| Lees lose Arlington, but are eventually compensated |
| Arlington as doomed next-door neighbor to the Union capital |
| Custis: grandson-curator of the George Washington legacy, father-in-law to Robert E. Lee |
| The original Greek Revival home in the US |
| Neglected- and censored?- sources |
| Re-evaluating the classical Lee myth |
| First person outside the family to use these letters - a de facto Lee biography |
| Inspiration for the book: thousands of unpublished letters |
| the_georgia_wine_trail.doc |