Barnard Elliott Bee Jr.
Barnard Bee was a career U.S. Army officer and a Confederate Army general who was mortally wounded at the First Battle of Bull Run, one of the first general officers to be killed in the Civil War.
Born: February 8, 1824
Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina
Father: Barnard Elliott Bee Sr. 1787 – 1853
(Buried: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Pendleton, South Carolina)
Mother: Ann Wragg Fayssoux 1789 – 1858(Buried: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Pendleton, South Carolina)
1st Wife: Electa Lee Hubbard 1829 – 1854(Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia)
2nd Wife: Sophia Elizabeth Hill 1836 – 1920
(Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina)
Children:
Barnard Elliott Bee III 1859 – 1862
(Buried: Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, Pendleton, S.C.)
Sophie Bee 1861 – 1862
(Buried: Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, Pendleton, S.C.)
Education:
Attended the Pendleton Academy
1845: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (33rd in class)
Occupation before War:
1845 – 1846: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army 3rd Infantry Regiment
1846 – 1851: 2nd Lt. United States Army 3rd Infantry Regiment
1851 – 1855: 1st Lt. United States Army 3rd Infantry Regiment
1855 – 1861: Captain United States Army 10th Infantry Regiment
1861: Resigned from United States Army on March 3rd
Civil War Career:
1861: Lt. Colonel of 1st South Carolina Regulars
1861: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
1861: Mortally Wounded during the First Battle of Bull Run
Died: July 22, 1861
Place of Death: Manassas, Virginia
Age at time of Death: 37 years old
Cause of Death: Wounds to the abdomen
Last Words: “Rally behind the Virginians! There stands Jackson like a Stonewall!”
Burial Place: Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Pendleton, South Carolina
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