The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-01-26
CONFEDERATE GENERALS.
Some Facts Regarding the Life of
General Stephen D. Lee.

EDITORS PRESS AND
In your interestin" addenda to the atlanta
Constitutions article as to the whereabouts
and occupations of Confederate Generals now
living. l think you hive fallen into several
errors Of fact, especially In regard to Gen. Ste
phen d. Lee. Let me quote what you said:
"%Stephen d. Lee, q native of Anderson coun-
"ty, but who went to the war from the state of
mississippi, was n MajOr-(icnera OF cavalry.
THE war left him penni'ess, but afierward he
married q rich widow in Mississippi, and is
nov In comfortable circumstances"
!. l think Gen. Lee Is not a native of Ander.
son county. but that he was born In Charles
ton, and his father moved TO Anderson, where
he lived for many years. l am not sure OF
2. He did not enter the Confederate ARM
from Mississippi. He was n graduate of West
Point, an officer of the United States army,
serving in the West. and when South Cnio'inn
seeded. he resigned the position and immcdi-
atcly entered the service Of the state In aud
around Charleston. afterwards Joining the
Hampton lie lion. and from that command he
rose In the artillery branch OF the service. in
which he won hisspurS" ut the second battle
OF Manassas. When he was promoted to Brig
adicr-Gcncral. he was sent to Mississippi, and
closed.
8. He was nota MaJor-Ceneral Of cavalry a,
the close or The war, although he may have
but his promotion to Lieutcnant-Gcneral gave
him q corps In the Western army.
!. He did not marry n rich widow" His
"lie was MISS t1arrlSOn, daughter OF an emf
nent lawyer, l believe, who lives at Columbus,
Miss.
5. At present Gen. Lee Is the President OF
the Mississippi Agricultural College.
With. the exception OF the inaccuracies
pointed ont, | believe your statement Is toicr-
ably correct In regard to Gen. Lee, only that
ne was not penniless when the war closed, II
II is MEANT TO convey the idea that he was any
poorer lhan thousands of others without
really money or occupations; He was about or
par win other COnfederates, who came back
70 their families In 1861, for Gen. Lee was mar.
REQ uurlng inc war-only Il few months before
IL closed. lie engaged In planting and los,
heaNlly, thtn was In the life Insurance. bust.
ness for awhile. and last year was called 10
PRESIDE over the Agricultural College. Let us
auu lilat stephen ID. Lee Is an exemplary
Christian, and one Of the purest, nobleSt OF
south Cardinals contribution TO the galaxy
o! Cor federate Generals. His modesty and
meritare too little known to the peopl" of his
native State. and l am rot surprised that SC
little of his life.s history IL familiar to The ed
TORS OF one OF our most prominent newspa
pers. EX-CoSYEDERATE.
MASTER I y ABBEvILLE.-An Edgefeld boy
when you remember our years, Milledg"
you will pardon the "boy'-haS come TO higi
honor In Abbcville. High. but well deserved
and destined to be purely and ably upheld
At the last session of the Legislature, the OF
flee OF Muster in Equity was instituted FOL
Abbevillc county: and Gov. IlagOod has ap
pointed our popular youn. conIpatrlot, Capt
NJ. l.. Bonham, Jr., to fill the place. Cnptaii
Boiham has lived In Abbrvillc for II yea
past Asa lawyer, as 4 gentleman, as 4 just
generous and wisely Judging man. capt. Bon
ham will discharge his Lew duties with tn
, fullest measure Of faith and Conscience Edge
.fcid Adrelttser.