Biography of Fitzhugh Lee Excerpted from "Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1911-1912", Edited by Geo. W. Martin, Secretary. Vol XII., State Printing Office, Topeka, Kansas 1912. submitted by Teresa Lindquist (merope@radix.net); (copyright) 2001 by Teresa Lindquist ----------------------------------------------------------------------- KSGENWEB INTERNET GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY COPYRIGHT NOTICE: In keeping with the KSGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FITZHUGH LEE was born at Clermont, Fairfax county, Virginia, November 19, 1835. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1856, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Second cavalry. In 1860. he was assigned to duty as instructor in cavalry at West Point. He resigned his commission in 1861 and entered the Confederate service. His first position was that of adjutant general of Ewell's brigade. He was commissioned as lieutenant colonel of the First Virginia cavalry in September, 1861, and was advanced to the grade of Colonel soon afterward. He became a brigadier general July 25, 1862, and a major general September 23, 1863. He was severely wounded at the battle of Winchester, September 19, 1864. In March, 1865, he was in command of all of the cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia. After the surrender of the Confederate armies he retired to his farm, in Stafford county, Virginia, where he continued to live for twenty years. In 1885 he was elected governor of Virginia. From 1893 to 1898 he was United States, consul general at Havana, during the trying times of the Cuban Revolution. In May, 1898, he was commissioned major general of volunteers, serving as such throughout the Spanish-American War, After the close of the war in Cuba he was military governor of Havanna for a time. He was commissioned a brigadier general in the regular army in February, 1901, and was placed upon the retired list a month later. He died April 28, 1905. (Included with the article: "Indian Fight in Ford County in 1859," pages 321-322)