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Civil War Soldiers - Lee
| Lee, Albert L., brigadier-general,
U.S. Army, was born in Fulton, N. Y., Jan. 16, 1834. He was graduated
at Union college in 1853, studied law, removed to Kansas and became
judge of the state supreme court there in 1861. He resigned this
office to become major of the 7th Kan. cavalry, became its colonel,
May 17, 1862, and in Jan., 1863, was given a commission as
brigadier-general of volunteers to date from Nov. 29, 1862. He
commanded the 2nd cavalry brigade at the battle of Corinth and
afterwards in Grant's central Mississippi campaign, and acted as chief
of staff to Gen. John A. McClernand in the operations about Vicksburg
and in the battles of Champion's hill and Big Black river, May 16 and
17, 1863. On May 19 he commanded the 1st brigade, 9th division, 13th
army corps in the assault on Vicksburg, and was severely wounded by
gunshot in the face and head. Rejoining his brigade for duty, July 26,
1863, he was ordered to New Orleans and saw service as chief of
cavalry, Department of the Gulf, on the staff of Gen. Banks, in
western Louisiana. He commanded the cavalry division in the Red river
expedition of 1864, commanded an infantry brigade in the expedition up
the White river, in July of that year, and in August was assigned to
command the cavalry division, headquarters at Baton Rouge, La. He was
ordered to New Orleans in Jan., 1865, and was on duty until May 4,
when he resigned his commission and was mustered out of the service.
After the war Gen. Lee spent much of his time for a number of years in
Europe, and was engaged in business in New York.
Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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LEE, FITZHUGH, Virginia.
First lieutenant, Corps of Cavalry, C. S. A., March 16, 1861.
Lieutenant colonel, First Virginia Cavalry, August __, 1861.
Colonel, First Virginia Cavalry, March — , 1862.
Brigadier general, P. A. C. S., July 24, 1862.
Major general, P. A. C. S., August 3, 1863.
Commands.
Brigade, in August, 1862, composed of the First, Second, Third,
Fourth, Fifth and Ninth Virginia Regiments of Cavalry, and Breathed's
Battery of Six-Gun Horse Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia.
Division, in August, 1863, composed of the cavalry brigades of W. H.
F. Lee, Lomax and Wickham, to January 31, 1864. 1865. Assigned to the
command of the Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, composed of
the divisions of W. H. F. Lee, Rosser and Munford. April 9, 1865, in
command of Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, composed of
Fitzhugh's Division. Brigades of Garry, Payne and Wickham. W. H. F.
Lee's Division, composed of Barringer's, Beal's and Roberts' Brigades.
Lomax's Division, Jackson's Brigade. Rosser's Division, Major General
T. L. Rosser, Dearing's and McCausland's Brigades.
Lee, Fitzhugh, born in Virginia, appointed from Virginia cadet
United States Military Academy, July 1, 1852; graduated forty-fifth in
a class of forty-nine.
Brevet second lieutenant, Second Cavalry, July 1, 1856.
Second lieutenant, January 1, 1858.
First lieutenant, March 31, 1861.
Resigned May 21, 1861.
Major general, United States Volunteers, May 6, 1898.
Source: Military Records of General Officers of the Confederate
States of America, by Charles B. Hall, 1898
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LEE, G. W. C., Virginia.
Captain, Corps of Engineers, C. S. A., July 1, 1861.
Colonel and A. D. C. to the President, August 31, 1861.
Brigadier general, P. A. C. S., June 25, 1863.
Major general, P. A. C. S., October 20, 1864.
Commands.
Commanding brigade of local troops for the defense of Richmond,
consisting of Confederate States employees in Richmond and some
unattached companies. As major general, commanding troops for local
defense of Richmond, consisting of Barton's Brigade, the brigade of
Confederate States employees, and several battalions of heavy
artillery manning the batteries at Chafin's Bluff.
Lee, George Washington Custis, born in Virginia, appointed at large
cadet United States Military Academy, July 1, 1850; graduated first in
a class of forty-six.
Brevet second lieutenant, engineers, July 1, 1854.
Second lieutenant, March 3, 1855.
First lieutenant, October 20, 1859.
Resigned May 2, 1861.
Source: Military Records of General Officers of the Confederate
States of America, by Charles B. Hall, 1898
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LEE, ROBERT E., Virginia.
Major general commanding Virginia State forces, April 23, 1861, and
charged with organization of State forces.
Brigadier general, C. S. A., May 14, 1861.
General, C. S. A., June 14, 1861.
General-in-chief, January 31, 1865.
Died at Lexington, Virginia, October 12, 1870.
Commands.
In command of operations in the Trans-Alleghany region of Virginia, in
the autumn of 1861. November 5, 1861, in charge of the defenses on the
coast of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Commanding the Army of
Northern Virginia, June 2, 1862. March 13, 1862, assigned to duty at
Richmond, and charged with the conduct of all military operations of
the Confederate States Army, under the direction of the President. In
command of the Army of Northern Virginia, from June 1, 1862, to the
surrender of his army at Appomattox Court-House, Virginia, to General
U. S. Grant, U. S. Army, on the 9th of April, 1865. February 6, 1865,
assigned command of all the armies of the Confederate States.
Lee, Robert Edward, born in Virginia, appointed from Virginia cadet
United States Military Academy, July 1st, 1825; graduated second in a
class of forty-six.
Brevet second lieutenant, and second lieutenant of engineers, July
1st, 1829.
First lieutenant, September 21, 1836.
Captain, July 7th, 1838.
Lieutenant colonel, Second Cavalry, March 3d, 1855.
Colonel, First Cavalry, March 16th, 1861.
Brevet major, April 18th, 1847, for gallant and meritorious conduct at
the battle of Cerro Gordo, Mexico.
Lieutenant colonel, August 20th, 1847, for gallant and meritorious
services in the battles of Contreras and Cherubusco, Mexico, and
Colonel, September 15th, 1847, for gallant and meritorious conduct in
the battle of Chapultepec, Mexico.
Resigned April 25th, 1861.
Source: Military Records of General Officers of the Confederate
States of America, by Charles B. Hall, 1898
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LEE, STEPHEN D., South Carolina.
Captain, Corps of Artillery, C. S. A., March 16, 1861.
Major, Corps of Artillery, P. A. C. S., November — , 1861.
Lieutenant colonel, Corps of Artillery, P. A. C. S., November — ,
1862.
Colonel, Corps of Artillery, P. A. C. S., ___, 1862.
Brigadier general, P. A. C. S., November 6, 1862.
Major general, P. A. C. S., August 31, 1863.
Lieutenant general, P. A. C. S., June 23, 1864.
Commands.
Assigned as captain, C. S. A., to command of company of Washington
Artillery, __, 1861. Brigade composed of Seventeenth, Nineteenth,
Twenty-second and Twenty-seventh Louisiana Regiments, and Second and
Forty-sixth Mississippi Regiments, the First Louisiana Heavy
Artillery, First Tennessee Heavy Artillery; the last two regiments
garrisoning the fixed batteries at Vicksburg. Assigned, August 16,
1863, to command of all the cavalry in the Department of Alabama,
Mississippi, East Louisiana and West Tennessee. Assigned, May 4, 1864,
to the command of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, East
Louisiana and West Tennessee. Assigned, July 27, 1864, to the command
of Hood's Corps, composed of the divisions of D. H. Hill, Stevenson
and Clayton, Army of Tennessee.
Lee, Stephen Dill, born in South Carolina, appointed from South
Carolina cadet United States Military Academy, July 1, 1850; graduated
seventeenth in a class of forty-six.
Second lieutenant, Fourth Artillery, July 1, 1854.
First lieutenant, October 31, 1856.
Regimental quartermaster, September 18, 1857, to February 8, 1861.
Resigned February 20, 1861.
Source: Military Records of General Officers of the Confederate
States of America, by Charles B. Hall, 1898
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LEE, W. H. F., Virginia.
Captain, Corps of Cavalry, C. S. A., May 6, 186l.
Major, Corps of Cavalry, C. S. A., May - , l86l.
Lieutenant colonel, Ninth Virginia Cavalry, December -, 1861.
Colonel, Ninth Virginia Cavalry, March — , 1862.
Brigadier general, P. A. C. S., September 15, 1862.
Major general, P. A. C. S., April 23, 1864.
Died at Alexandria, Virginia, October 15, 1891.
Commands.
Brigade, in __, 1862, composed of the Ninth and Thirteenth Regiments
Virginia Cavalry, the Second Regiment of North Carolina Cavalry, and
McGregor's Battery of Horse Artillery, Fitzhugh Lee's Division, Army
of Northern Virginia. Division, in June, 1864, composed of the cavalry
brigades of Chambliss, Barringer, and Roberts, and two batteries of
horse artillery under command of Captain McGregor, Army of Northern
Virginia. 1865, commanding a division of cavalry composed of the
brigades of Barringer, Beale and Roberts.
Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh, born in Virginia, appointed from
Virginia.
Second lieutenant, Sixth Infantry, May 31, 1857.
Resigned May 31, 1859.
Source: Military Records of General Officers of the Confederate
States of America, by Charles B. Hall, 1898
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