Stephen Dill Lee
Born: September 22, 1833
Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina
Genealogical Connection: Stephen's Great-Great-Great Grandfather Francis Lee (Lord Mayor of London in 1602) is an ancestor of Robert E. Lee
Father: Dr. Thomas Lee 1809 – 1870
(Buried: Upper Long Cane Cemetery Abbeville South Carolina)
Mother: Caroline Allison 1811 – 1838
(Buried: Calhoun Family Burial Ground McCormick South Carolina)
Wife: Regina Harrison 1841 – 1903
(Buried: Friendship Cemetery Columbus Mississippi)
Children:
Blewett Harrison Lee 1867 – 1951
(Buried: Friendship Cemetery Columbus Mississippi)
Education:
1854: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (17th in class)
Occupation before War:
1854 – 1856: 2nd Lt. United States Army 4th Artillery
1856 – 1861: 1st Lt. United States Army 4th Artillery
1857: Acting Assistant Adjutant General Department of Florida
1857 – 1861: Quartermaster for 4th United States Army Artillery
1861: Resigned from United States Army on February 20th
Civil War Career:
1861: Captain of South Carolina State Militia
1861: Assistant Adjutant General of the forces in Charleston S.C.
1861: Captain of Confederate Army Artillery
1861: Aide to General P.G.T. Beauregard
1861 – 1862: Major in Hampton's Legion Light Artillery
1862: Lt. Colonel of Confederate Army Artillery
1862: Participated in the Peninsula Campaign
1862: Colonel of Confederate Army Artillery
1862: Participated in the Second Battle of Bull Run
1862: Participated in the Battle of Antietam
1862 – 1863: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
1862: Participated in the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou
1863: Participated in Vicksburg Campaign becoming prisoner of war
1863 – 1864: Major General of Confederate Army Infantry
1864: Commander of Department of Mississippi & Eastern Louisiana
1864: Participated in the Battle of Tupelo Mississippi
1864 – 1865: Lt. General of Confederate Army Infantry
1864: Participated in the Atlanta Campaign
1864: Wounded in the foot during the Battle of Spring Hill
1864: Wounded in the foot by shall fragments (December 17)
1865: Participated in the Carolina's Campaign
1865: Surrendered with General Joseph Johnston's Army
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1878: Planter in Columbus Mississippi
1878: Mississippi State Senator
1879 – 1880: Planter in Columbus Mississippi
1880 – 1899: President of A & M College of Mississippi
1890: Delegate to Mississippi State Constitution Convention
1899 – 1908: Chairman of Vicksburg National Park Association
Active member of United Confederate Veterans Society
1904: Commander in Chief of United Confederate Veterans Society
Died: May 28, 1908
Place of Death: Vicksburg Mississippi
Cause of Death: Cerebral Hemorrhage
Age at time of Death: 74 years old
Burial Place: Friendship Cemetery Columbus Mississippi
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