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Hace 1 día · Fitzhugh Lee (1835–1905), a Confederate general and later a United States Army general in the Spanish–American War, was Lee's nephew. Lee was a second cousin of Helen Keller's grandmother, and was a distant relative of Admiral Willis Augustus Lee.
Hace 2 días · Fitzhugh Lee Laid to Rest · Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909. May 13, 1905. Summary. John Mitchell, Jr., observes that “not in all its eventful history has Richmond witnessed a more imposing demonstration than that which marked the funeral of General Fitzhugh Lee.” Transcription.
Hace 3 días · Fitzhugh Lee's troopers, bolstered by infantry from Richmond, slashed at the Union cavalry rear and flanks as they retreated east and then south across the Chickahominy River to Gen. Benjamin Butler's Union force on the James River.
23 de may. de 2024 · Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart received orders to block the Federals from reaching Spotsylvania. Fitzhugh Lee commanded a division of Stuart’s cavalry in a fierce two-day battle against the Union cavalry for control of the Brock Road.
27 de may. de 2024 · William Henry Fitzhugh Lee. "Rooney" (1837 - 1891) Home State: Virginia. Command Billet: Commanding Regiment. Branch of Service: Cavalry. Unit: 9th Virginia Cavalry. Before Sharpsburg. He was commissioned into the US Army in 1857, and resigned 1859, becoming a planter. In 1861 he was a Capt. in cavalry, made Major, and served in Western Virginia.
Hace 3 días · It was the first battle of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant 's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. The fighting occurred in a wooded area near Locust Grove, Virginia, about 20 miles (32 km) west of Fredericksburg.
29 de may. de 2024 · Sarah's sister, Ann Maria Mason, was the mother of Confederate cavalry Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, the nephew of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Cooper served in a number of artillery units until 1837, when he was appointed chief clerk of the U.S. War Department.
