Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee
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Born: November 19, 1835
Fairfax County, Virginia
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Died: April 28, 1905
Washington, D.C.
1856: West Point Graduate
1856: 2nd Lieutenant
April 1861: Resigned U.S. Army
April 1861: Lieutenant CSA
September 1861: Lieut. Colonel
March 1862: Colonel
July 1862: Brigadier General
August 3, 1863: Major General
February 14, 1865: Lieut. Gen.
1898: Maj. Gen. U.S.A.
1901: Retired Brig. General
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Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee
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1856: West Point Graduate - 45th out of 49 cadets
1856: 2nd Lieutenant in 2nd Cavalry Regiment
May 1859: Wounded in a fight at Nescutunga, Texas
May 1960: Appointed instructor of cavalry tactics at West Point
April 1861: Resigned his commission with the secession of Virginia
Lieutenant of Cavalry
July 21, 1861: 1st Battle of Bull Run
September 1861: Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
August 22-23, 1862: Stuart's Catlett's Station Raid
September 14, 1862: Battle of South Mountain
September 17, 1862: Battle of Antietam
December 13, 1862: Battle of Fredericksburg
March 17, 1863: Battle of Kelly's Ford
May 1-4, 1863: Battle of Chancellorsville
Led a Brigade in Stuart's 3rd ride around the Union Army
July 3, 1863: Led cavalry attack east of Gettysburg trying to disrupt the Union rear, but met up with the Union cavalry
August 3, 1863: Promoted to Major General
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May 5-6, 1864: Battle of the Wilderness
May 5-9, 1864: Battle of Todd's Tavern
May 8-21, 1864: Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
May 11, 1864: With the death of Maj. Gen. J.E. B. Stuart, served under Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton
June 11-12, 1864: Battle of Trevillion Station
1864: Shenandoah Valley Campaign
September 19, 1864: 3rd Battle of Winchester
February 14, 1865: Promoted to Lieutenant General
April 26, 1865: Surrendered at Bennett Place, North Carolina
1886-1890: Governor of Virginia
1885 and 1893: Commanded the 3rd Division during President Cleveland's inaugural parades
April 1996: Appointed consul-general at Havana
With the breakout of the Spanish-American war, reentered the army as Major General of Volunteers
Commander of the VII Army Corps but took no part in actual fighting as military governor of Havana
Commander, Department of the Missouri
1901: Retired as Brigadier General
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Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 475
Fitzhugh Lee. 26 February 2023. web. 27 March 2023
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992. p 178-179
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