1. Fitzhugh Lee was the son of Sydney Smith Lee, a captain in the Confederate States Navy, and the nephew of Robert E Lee.
18 Facts About Fitzhugh Lee
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Fitzhugh Lee's father, Sydney Smith Lee, served under Commodore Perry in Japanese waters and rose to the rank of Captain; his mother, Anna Maria Mason Lee, was a granddaughter of George Mason and the sister of James Murray Mason.
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Fitzhugh Lee joined the Confederate States Army as a lieutenant of cavalry and served at first as a staff officer to Brig.
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Fitzhugh Lee was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the 1st Virginia Cavalry in September 1861, serving under Colonel "Grumble" Jones.
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Fitzhugh Lee replaced Jones in March 1862, after the elections held in the regiment in accordance with the Confederate Conscripion Act of April 16,1862.
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Fitzhugh Lee was promoted to brigadier general on July 24,1862.
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Fitzhugh Lee gave Pope's coat to Stuart as compensation for the hat he had lost.
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Fitzhugh Lee performed well in the Maryland Campaign of 1862, covering the Confederate infantry's withdrawal from South Mountain, delaying the US Army advance to Sharpsburg, Maryland, before the Battle of Sharpsburg around Antietam Creek, and covering his army's recrossing of the Potomac River into Virginia.
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Fitzhugh Lee conducted the cavalry action of Kelly's Ford with skill and success, where his 400 troopers captured 150 men and horses with a loss of only 14 men.
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Fitzhugh Lee was promoted to major general on August 3,1863, and continued to serve under Maj.
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Fitzhugh Lee subsequently joined Early for his campaign against Maj.
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Fitzhugh Lee commanded the third division at President Grover Cleveland's inaugural parades in 1885 and 1893.
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Fitzhugh Lee was one of four ex-Confederate Army general officers who were made major generals of United States Volunteers; the others being Matthew Butler, Joseph Wheeler, and Thomas L Rosser.
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Fitzhugh Lee commanded the 7th Army Corps but took no part in the actual operations in Cuba.
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Fitzhugh Lee was military governor of Havana and Pinar del Rio in 1899, subsequently commanded the Department of the Missouri, and retired in 1901 as a brigadier general, US Army.
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Fitzhugh Lee was an early leader of the committee for the Jamestown Exposition, which was held after his death at Sewell's Point on Hampton Roads in 1907.
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Fitzhugh Lee died in Washington, DC, and is buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond.
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Fitzhugh Lee was indicted for treason but the indictment was withdrawn in February 1869.