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He tried to sell to the federal or state governments but finally sold Mount Vernon to the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association in 1858 for $200,000. The family moved to Waveland plantation. Shortly after, he enlisted in the Confederate Army and served as an aid-de-camp to General Lee and was killed on September 13, 1861.","Jane Charlotte Blackburn Washington was the mother of John Augustine Washington III. When she died in 1855, she left Mount Vernon to her son.","Eleanor Love Selden Washington was the wife of John Augustine Washington III.","Louisa Washington was the daughter of John Augustine Washington III and Eleanor Washington.","Note on folder: \"The enclosed picture was always said by Mrs. R.P. 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