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Chatham was built about 1750 by William Fitzhugh. Robert E. Lee came here to court his wife. During the Battle of Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862, the house was occupied by General Sumner, and for a time in 1863 it served as General Hooker’s headquarters.
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