When Lee laid down his arms my uncle returned to his plantation, where he remained for three or four years.

南军统帅罗伯特·李投降后，他解甲归田，重返他的种植园，在那里又住了三、四年。

Hamilton agreed to lay down his arms.

汉密尔顿同意放下武器。

When Lee laid down his arms my uncle returned to his plantation, where he remained for three or four years. About 1869 or 1870 he came back to Europe and took a small estate in Sussex, near Horsham.

南军统帅罗伯特·李投降后，他解甲归田，重返他的种植园，在那里又住了三、四年。大约在一八六九或一八七零年，他回到欧洲，在苏塞克斯郡霍尔舍姆附近购置了一小块地产。