Stephen Dill Lee (September 22, 1833 – May 28, 1908) was the youngest lieutenant general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, and later became a Mississippi planter, legislator, and president of Mississippi A&M College. Late in life he was the commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans. September 22 is the 265th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (266th in leap years). ... 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. ... Some Confederate soldiers The Confederate States Army (CSA) was formed in February 1861 to defend the Confederate States of America, which had itself been formed that same year when seven southern states seceded from the United States (with four more to follow). ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederate) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties Killed in action: 110,000 Total dead: 360,000 Wounded: 275,200 Killed in action: 93,000 Total dead: 258... Mississippi State University is a land-grant university located in north east-central Mississippi in the town of Starkville and is situated 125 miles northeast of Jackson and 23 miles west of Columbus. ... The United Confederate Veterans, also known as the UCV, was a veterans organization for former Confederate soldiers of the American Civil War, and was equivalent to the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) which was the organization for Union veterans. ...

Lee came of a family distinguished in the history of South Carolina, and was born at Charleston. Graduating from the United States Military Academy in 1854, he served for seven years in the 4th U.S. Artillery and resigned in 1861 upon the secession of his home state. Official language(s) English Capital Columbia Largest city Columbia Area  Ranked 40th  - Total 34,726 sq. ... Nickname: The Holy City, The Palmetto City Motto: Aedes Mores Juraque Curat (She cares for her temples, customs, and rights) Official website: http://www. ... West Point redirects here. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...

He joined the South Carolina Militia as a captain and was transferred to the Confederate States Army artillery in March 1861, becoming aide de camp to General P.G.T. Beauregard and assistant adjutant general for the Forces at Charleston. On April 11, 1861, Lee delivered an ultimatum from Beauregard to Union Major Robert Anderson, demanding the evacuation of Fort Sumter. Anderson refused and the Confederates began bombardment of the fort, which fell on April 14, precipitating the beginning of the Civil War. An aide-de-camp (French: camp assistant) is a personal assistant, secretary, or adjutant to a person of high rank, usually a senior military officer or a head of state. ... Pierre Gustave Toutant de Beauregard Pierre Gustave Toutant de Beauregard (BO-rih-gahrd) (May 28, 1818 – February 20, 1893), best known as a general for the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, was also a writer, civil servant, and inventor. ... April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The 21st Michigan Infantry, a company of Shermans veterans. ... Major Robert Anderson Robert Anderson (June 14, 1805 – October 26, 1871) was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, known for his command of Fort Sumter at the start of the war. ... Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America Commanders Robert Anderson P.G.T. Beauregard Strength 85 soldiers 500 soldiers Casualties 2 dead, 5 injured 0 The Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12–13, 1861), a relatively minor military engagement at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, began... April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). ...

Lee commanded a light battery in General Joseph E. Johnston's army later in 1861, and was promoted to lieutenant colonel in March 1862, soon becoming the artillery chief for Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws's division of the Army of Northern Virginia. In this division and also under John B. Magruder, he fought in the Peninsula Campaign and the Seven Days Battles. He was promoted to colonel on July 9, 1862, and assumed command of the artillery battalion of Maj. Gen. James Longstreet's Corps. Under Longstreet, he fought at Second Bull Run and Antietam. He rose to the rank of brigadier general on November 6, 1862, and was ordered to take command of Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's artillery at Vicksburg, Mississippi. He served there with great credit, being wounded in the shoulder at the Battle of Champion Hill, until Pemberton's surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant in July 1863, and on becoming a prisoner of war, he was immediately paroled and promoted to major general on August 3, 1863. 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His regimental service had been chiefly with artillery, but he had generally worked with and at times commanded cavalry, and he was now assigned to command the troops of that arm in the Southwestern Theater (the Department of Mississippi, Alabama, West Tennessee, and East Louisiana). After harassing, as far as his limited numbers permitted, the advance of William Tecumseh Sherman's column on Meridian, Mississippi, he took General Leonidas Polk's place as commander of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana. On June 23, 1864, on John B. Hood's promotion to command the Army of Tennessee, Lee was made a lieutenant general, the youngest in the Confederacy, and assigned to command Hood's old corps in that army. Thus, Lee became one of the few officers to have senior commands in all three combat arms—artillery, cavalry, and infantry. Kircholm, a 1925 painting by Wojciech Kossak. ... William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. ... The Battle of Meridian was fought in 1864 between Union forces led by William Tecumseh Sherman and the Confederacy. ... Leonidas Polk, The Fighting Bishop Leonidas Polk (April 10, 1806 – June 14, 1864) was a Confederate general who was once a planter in Maury County, Tennessee, and a cousin of President James K. Polk. ... June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... John Bell Hood John Bell Hood (June 1, 1831–August 30, 1879) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. ... The Army of Tennessee was formed in November 1862. ... Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. ...

In the Atlanta Campaign he fought at Ezra Church and Jonesboro, accompanied Hood in the Franklin-Nashville Campaign, and fought in the battles of Franklin and Nashville, after which, in the rout of the Confederate army, Lee kept his troops closed up and well in hand, and for three consecutive days formed the fighting rearguard of the otherwise disintegrated army. Lee was himself wounded in the foot at the Battle of Spring Hill, but did not give up the command until an organized rearguard took over the post of danger. Palisades and chevaux-de-frise in front of the Potter House, Atlanta, Georgia, 1864. ... Battle of Ezra Church Conflict American Civil War Date July 28, 1864 Place Fulton County, Georgia Result Union victory The Battle of Ezra Church was fought on July 28, 1864, in Fulton County, Georgia, during the American Civil War. ... Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America Commanders William T. Sherman Oliver Otis Howard George H. Thomas John Bell Hood William J. Hardee Strength Army of the Tennessee Army of the Cumberland Army of Tennessee Casualties 1,600 3,000 The Battle of Jonesborough (modern name Jonesboro) was... The Franklin-Nashville Campaign, also known as Hoods Tennessee Campaign, was a series of battles fought in the fall of 1864 in Alabama, Tennessee, and northwestern Georgia during the American Civil War. ... Battle of Franklin II Conflict American Civil War Date November 30, 1864 Place Williamson County, Tennessee Result Union victory The Battle of Franklin was a major engagement of the American Civil War fought at Franklin, Tennessee on November 30, 1864. ... Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America Commanders George H. Thomas John Bell Hood Strength IV Corps, XXIII Corps, detachment of Army of the Tennessee, provisional detachment, and Cavalry Corps Army of Tennessee Casualties 2,900 approximately 13,000 The Battle of Nashville was a two-day battle... Battle of Spring Hill Conflict American Civil War Date November 29, 1864 Place Maury County, Tennessee Result Union victory The Battle of Spring Hill was a battle of the American Civil War, occurring on November 29, 1864 in Maury County, Tennessee. ...

On recovery he joined General Johnston in North Carolina for the Carolinas Campaign, and he surrendered with Johnston in April 1865. Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Area  Ranked 28th  - Total 53,865 sq. ... Sherman in South Carolina: The burning of McPhersonville. ...

Dedication of the monument to Lee at Vicksburg National Military Park

After the war Lee settled in Mississippi, which was his wife's state and during the greater part of the war his own territorial command, and devoted himself to planting. He was the first president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Mississippi (now Mississippi State University) from 1880 to 1889, served as a state senator, and was an active member (and at the time of his death commander-in-chief) of the United Confederate Veterans society. He also helped promote women's rights, wrote about history, and made efforts to preserve the Vicksburg battlefield sites. He died at Vicksburg and is buried in Friendship Cemetery in Columbus, Mississippi. Image File history File links Stephen_D._Lee_monument. ... Image File history File links Stephen_D._Lee_monument. ... Vicksburg National Military Park is a unit of the National Park Service located in Vicksburg, Mississippi at 32° 21′ 30″ N 90° 50′ 30″ W. Established by Congress on February 21, 1899, it commemorates the Battle of Vicksburg, waged from March 29 to July 4, 1863, one of the most... Official language(s) English Capital Jackson Largest city Jackson Area  Ranked 32nd  - Total 48,434 sq. ... Mississippi State University is a land-grant university located in north east-central Mississippi in the town of Starkville and is situated 125 miles northeast of Jackson and 23 miles west of Columbus. ... Columbus is a city located in Lowndes County, Mississippi, on the Tombigbee River. ...

References

• Eicher, John H., & Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
• Warner, Ezra J., Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders, Louisiana State University Press, 1959, ISBN 0-8071-0823-5.
• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.