Mary Anna Custis Lee

Mary Custis Lee (1808-1868) was a Virginian aristocrat. She was the step-granddaughter of George Washington and the wife of Robert E. Lee. With Lee, she was the mother of six children.

Mrs. Lee suffered a debilitating case of severe rheumatoid arthritis. Nineteenth century medicine had no cure for the condition, so she was forced to endure crippling joint pain until the arrival of the Rivington Men. These men promised to give her twenty-first century treatments that would allow her to move freely again--for the price of her husband's support for the perpetuation of slavery in the Confederate States. Lee was tempted as he had never been in an entire life of strict adherence to Christian virtue, but he declined Andries Rhoodie's offer without ever telling Mary of it.

Rather than treat Mrs Lee, the Rivington Men killed her when they attempted to assassinate her husband during his inauguration as President of the Confederate States.