The 'General Lee house,' as some term it, stands on a grassy lot, surrounded with a grove of stately trees and underwood, except in front, where is a verdant sloping ground for a few rods, when it descends into a valley, spreading away in beautiful and broad expanse to the lovely Potomac.
This part of the splendid estate is apparently a highly-cultivated meadow, the grass waving in the gentle breeze, like the undulating bosom of Old Atlantic.

To the south, north, and west, the grounds are beautifully diversified into hill and valley, and richly stored with oak, willow, and maple, though the oak is the principal wood.

The view from the height is a charming picture.

Washington, Georgetown, and the intermediate Potomac, are all before you in the foreground." In this old mansion crowning the grassy hill, the young officer had passed the happiest moments of his life.

All around him were spots associated with his hours of purest enjoyment.