CSN Lee, Daniel Murray

Daniel Murray Lee​

Born: July 14, 1844

Birthplace: Alexandria, Virginia

Father: Sydney Smith Lee 1802 – 1869

(Buried: Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia)​

Mother: Anna Maria Mason 1811 – 1898

(Buried: Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia)​

Wife: Ann Eliza "Nannie" Ficklen 1851 – 1933

(Buried: Confederate Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Virginia)​

Children:

Daniel Murray Lee Jr. 1876 – 1934​

(Buried: Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, California)​

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Joseph Burwell Ficklen Lee 1878 – 1935​

(Buried: San Luis Cemetery, San Luis Obispo, California)​

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Edmonia Corbin "Edmo" Lee 1879 – 1982​

(Buried: Confederate Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Virginia)​

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Colonel Sydney Smith Lee 1881 – 1963​

(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)​

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Mary Custis Lee Pratt 1884 – 1977​

(Buried: Fredericksburg Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Virginia)​

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Harry Fitzhugh Lee 1891 – 1985​

(Buried: Willow Dale Cemetery, Goldsboro, North Carolina)

Education:

1860 – 1861: Attended Virginia Military Institute​

Civil War Career:

1861: Confederate Drillmaster in Richmond and Manassas, Virginia​

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1861 – 1862: Acting Midshipman in the Confederate States Navy​

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1862 – 1865: Midshipman in the Confederate States Navy​

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1862 – 1863: Served on ironclad C.S.S. Richmond​

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1864: Served on the C.S.S. Patrick Henry Schooner​

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1864 – 1865: Served on C.S.S. Chicamauga Cruiser​

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1865: Wounded, Captured and Escaped at Sayler's Creek, Virginia​

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1865: Aide – de – camp to his brother Major General Fitzhugh Lee​

Occupation after War:

Farmer and Cattle Breeder in Stafford County, Virginia​

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1892 – 1916: Member Board of Visitor's Soldiers Home in Richmond, Virginia​

Died: December 16, 1916

Place of Death: Fredericksburg, Virginia

Age at time of Death: 72 years old

Burial Place: Confederate Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Virginia

 

[Pollaco]

Gen. Fitzhugh Lee's brother.

 

[Pollaco]

One biography of Lee refers to him as Col. Lee but the highest rank (that I have found so far) that he achieved was captain when he was on the staff of his brother.

 

[Pollaco]

Another biography has him as acting aide to his Uncle Robert E. Lee instead of his brother Fitzhugh.Any ideas as to who he "Aided"?

 

[danny]

One biography of Lee refers to him as Col. Lee but the highest rank (that I have found so far) that he achieved was captain when he was on the staff of his brother.

Captain is a senior commissioned officer's rank in the United States Navy, and is equivalent to the rank of Major in the other Armed Services. Navy captains can hold a variety of high-level leadership positions, including: Command of a Navy cruiser or larger ship Command of a ballistic missile submarine, or a squadron of attack submarines

 

[USS ALASKA]

Was it different back then? Today, a USN Captain is an O-6, equivalent to a USA, USAF or USMC Colonel.

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USS ALASKA