Edwin Gray Lee
Born: May 27, 1836
Birthplace: Shepherdstown, Virginia (Now West Virginia)
Genealogy: His grandfather was Edmund Jennings Lee, Sr. a brother of “Light Horse Harry” Lee.
Father: Edmund Jennings Lee II 1797 – 1877
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery Shepherdstown, West Virginia)
Mother: Henrietta Bedinger 1810 – 1898
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery Shepherdstown, West Virginia)
Wife: Susan Pendleton 1833 – 1911 (Married: 11 – 16 – 1856)
Children: None
Education:
1852: Graduated from College of William and Mary
1859: Received law degree from Washington College
Occupation:
1859 – 1861: Attorney in Lexington, Virginia
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Aide to Thomas Jonathan Jackson
1861: Aide during the First Battle of Manassas, Virginia
1862: Aide during the Shenandoah Valley Campaign
1862: Captured during the Battle of Antietam
1862: Participated in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia
1863 – 1864: Colonel and Staff Officer to Robert Ransom Jr.
1864: Brigadier General of Confederate States Cavalry
1864: Served with the Cavalry in the Shenandoah Valley
1864: Ran the blockade to Canada with his wife
Occupation after War:
1864 – 1866: Lived in Montreal, Canada
1866 – 1870: Lived in Lexington, Virginia
Died: August 24, 1870
Place of Death: Yellow Sulphur Springs, Virginia
Cause of Death: Tuberculosis
Age at time of Death: 34 years old
Burial Place: Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, VA
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