Fitzhugh Lee Sr.
Born: November 19, 1835
Birthplace: Clermont Plantation, Fairfax County, Virginia
Father: Sydney Smith Lee 1802 – 1869
(Buried: Old Christ Church Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia)
Mother: Anna Maria Mason 1811 – 1896
(Buried: Old Christ Church Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia)
Wife: Ellen Bernard Fowle 1853 – 1933
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Children:
Colonel Fitzhugh Lee Jr. 1875 – 1954
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Ellen Bernard Lee Rhea 1873 – 1959
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Anna Lee 1872 – 1872
Colonel George Mason Lee 1877 – 1934
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Education:
1856: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (45th in class)
Occupation:
1856 – 1861: Served in United States Cavalry, rising to 2nd Lt.
1859: Severely Wounded in a fight at Nescutunga, Texas
1860 – 1861: Instructor of Cavalry Tactics, West Point Military Academy
Civil War Career:
1861: Lt. And Staff officer during the First Battle of Bull Run
1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel of 1st Virginia Cavalry
1862: Colonel of 1st Virginia Cavalry
1862 – 1863: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Cavalry
1862: Participated in the Maryland Campaign
1863: Participated in the Battle of Kelly's Ford
1863: Participated in the Battle of Chancellorsville
1863: Incapacitated by inflammatory rheumatism for a month
1863: Participated in JEB Stuart's ride around Gettysburg
1863 – 1865: Major General of Confederate Army Cavalry
1864: Participated in the Overland and Petersburg Campaigns
1864: Participated in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign
1864: Wounded during the Third Battle of Winchester, Virginia
1865: Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia Cavalry
1865: Led the last confederate charge of cavalry at Farmville, Virginia
Occupation after War:
Farmer in Stafford County, Virginia
1875: Attended the Battle of Bunker Hill Centennial
1885: Member of Board of Visitors of West Point Military Academy
1885: Commander of third division Presidential Inaugural Parade
1886 – 1890: Governor of Virginia
1893: Commander of third division Presidential Inaugural Parade
1896 – 1898: United States Counsel General at Havana, Cuba
1898 – 1901: Major General of United States Volunteers
1899: Military Governor of Havana and Pinar del Rio, Cuba
1899 – 1901: Commander of U.S. Army, Department of Missouri
Member of the Jamestown Exposition Committee
Died: April 28, 1905
Place of Death: Washington, D.C.
Cause of Death: Apoplexy
Age at time of Death: 69 years old
Burial Place: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
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