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See also:- LEE
- LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
- LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
- LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
- LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
- LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
- LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
- LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
- LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
- LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
- LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
- LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
- LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
- LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)
LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905) , See also:American See also:cavalry See also:general,
was See also:born at Clermont, in See also:Fairfax See also:county, See also:Virginia, on the 19th of See also:November 1835. He was the See also:grandson of " See also:Light See also:Horse Harry " Lee, and the See also:nephew of See also:Robert E. Lee. His See also:father, See also:Sydney See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith Lee, was a See also:fleet See also:captain under See also:Commodore See also:Perry in See also:Japanese See also:waters and See also:rose to the See also:rank of commodore; his
See also:mother was a daughter of See also:George See also:- MASON, FRANCIS (1799—1874)
- MASON, GEORGE (1725—1792)
- MASON, GEORGE HEMMING (1818–1872)
- MASON, JAMES MURRAY (1798-1871)
- MASON, JOHN (1586-1635)
- MASON, JOHN YOUNG (1799-1859)
- MASON, LOWELL (1792—1872)
- MASON, SIR JOHN (1503–1566)
- MASON, SIR JOSIAH (1795-1881)
- MASON, WILLIAM (1725—1797)
Mason. Graduating from See also:West Point in 1856, he was appointed to the 2nd Cavalry, which was commanded by See also:Colonel See also:Albert See also:Sidney See also:Johnston, and in which his See also:uncle, Robert E. Lee, was See also:lieutenant-colonel. As a cavalry subaltern he distinguished himself by his gallant conduct in actions with the See also:Comanches in See also:Texas, and was severely wounded in 18J9. In May 186o he was appointed instructor of cavalry at West Point, but resigned on the See also:secession of Virginia. Lee was at once employed in the organization of the forces of the See also:South, and served at first as a See also:staff officer to General R. S. See also:Ewell, and afterwards, from See also:September 1861, as lieutenant-colonel, and from See also:April 1862 as colonel of the First Virginia Cavalry in the See also:Army of See also:Northern Virginia. He became brigadier-general on General J. E. B. See also:Stuart's recommendation on the 25th of See also:July 1862, and served under that general throughout the Virginian See also:campaigns of 1862 and 1863, becoming See also:major-general on the 3rd of September 1863. He conducted the cavalry See also:action of See also:Beverly See also:Ford (17th See also:March 1863) with skill and success. In the See also:Wilderness and See also:Petersburg campaigns he was constantly employed as a divisional See also:commander under Stuart, and, after Stuart's See also:death, under General See also:Wade See also:Hampton. He took See also:part in See also:Early's See also:campaign against See also:Sheridan in the See also:Shenandoah Valley, and at See also:Winchester (19th See also:Sept. 1864) three horses were shot under him and he was severely wounded. On General Hampton's being sent to assist General See also:Joseph E. Johnston in See also:North Carolina, the command of the whole of General Lee's cavalry devolved upon Fitzhugh Lee early in 1865, but the surrender of Appomattox followed quickly upon the opening of the campaign. Fitzhugh Lee himself led the last See also:charge of the Confederates on the 9th of April that See also:year at Farmville.
After the See also:war he devoted himself to farming in See also:Stafford county, Virginia, and was conspicuous in his efforts to reconcile the See also:Southern See also:people to the issue of the war, which he regarded as a final See also:settlement of the questions at issue. In 1875 he attended the Bunker See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill See also:centenary at See also:Boston, See also:Mass., and delivered a remarkable address. In 1885 he was a member of the See also:board of visitors of West Point, and from 1886 to 1890 was See also:governor of Virginia. In April 1896 he was appointed by See also:President See also:Cleveland See also:consul-general at See also:Havana, with duties of a See also:diplomatic and military See also:character added to the usual consular business. In this See also:post (in which he was retained by President See also:McKinley) he was from the first called upon to See also:deal with a situation of See also:great difficulty, which culminated with the destruction of the "See also:Maine" (see See also:SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR). Upon the See also:declaration of war between See also:Spain and the See also:United States he re-entered the army. He was one of the three ex-Confederate general See also:officers who were made major-generals of United States See also:Volunteers. Fitzhugh Lee commanded the VII. army See also:corps, but took no part in the actual operations in See also:Cuba. He was military governor of Havana and Pinar del Rio in 1899, subsequently commanded the See also:department of the See also:Missouri, and retired as a brigadier-general U.S. Army in 19o1. He died in See also:Washington on the 28th of April 1905. He wrote Robert E. Lee (1894) in the " Great Commanders " See also:series, and Cuba's Struggle Against Spain (1899).
End of Article: LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
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