Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-04
Death of General Htzhugh Lee.

General Fitzhugh Lee, a distin-
guished Virginisn and man of ma
tional popularity, died last Friday
night in Providence Hospital in Wash
ington City. General Lee, who was
president of the jamestown Exrosi-
ton Company, had been in Boston,
where he addressed the Massachusett s
Legislature on the exposition project.
About 8 o'clock Friday morning,
while he was on a sleeper OF a train
nearing New York, he was stricken
with apoplexy. Physicians were at
once summoned and every attention
given him. He insisted on proceed
ing to Washington, and when his
train arrived there at 10 a. m. he was
taken to Providence Hospital. The
stroke was very severe one, and
though he seemed to rally, change
for the worse set in, and he died at
1120 Friday night. His brother
was with him when he died, but his
wife and children were in different
parts of the country.
General Fltzhugh Lee was one Of
the best-known men in this country,
and although a Southernor Of South
errors, he was popular in every Sec
ton. He was born November 19,
1885, at Clermont, Fairfax county,
Va. He Was the son of Commodore
sydney Smith Lee, who was the third
son OF Gen. Henry Lee, popularity
known as Light Horse Harry Lee.
Gen. 'Fitzhugh Lee was a nephew Of
the late Robert E. Lee and followed
the fortunes of his distinguished uncle
aud of his native State in the Civil
War, but accepted, as did the former,
all the results of the war, and since
Appomattox has served Virginia and
his country in number Of impor-
tant official capacities.
Fltzhugh Lee entered the West
Point Military Academy at the age OF
16 aud was graduated in July, 1856,
at the head of his class in horseman-
ship, and was appointed second lieu
tenant in the famous old Second Cav
airy. He was later attached to the
Second United States Cavalry, then
stationed IN Texas, and with this reg
iment took part in the subjugation Of
the Comanche Indians. He had re-
peated hand-to-hand engagements
with mounted redskins, and on one
occasion was shot through the lungs
with an Indian arrow.
In 1860 he was recalled from the
frontier to become an instructor in
cavalry tactics at West Point, but
when Virginia cast her lot with the
Contederacy he resigned and lmme-
diately offered his services to his State.
He was commissioned as an Assistant
Adiutant- General on the staff of Gen
eral Ewell.
Throughout the Civil War he fought
with distinction, and rose steadily in
rank until he became a Major Gener-
al in 1868. His cavalry division
harassed Sherman's raiders and at
Winchester, in 1864, he was so Sc
verely wounded that he was out of
service for several months.
His brigade fought to the last, but
in April, 1865, he was cut off from
the main army near Appomattox and
forced to surrender to General Meade.
After the war he returned to his des-
olated plantation, and was foremost
in his endeavor to neutralize and
overcome the sectional hostilities en-
gendered by the long conflict.
In 1886 he was elected Governor
of Virginia, and in 1898 President
Cleveland made him Consul General
to Cuba. This post he held through
many dangers and against threats of
personal violence until the declaration
of war with Spain, when he was COM
missioned one of the six Major Gener-
ais of volunteers, and though his de-
tachment, the Seventh Army Corps,
was not sent to Cuba until late In
the war, he rendered excellent service
in the difficult labor Of organizing the
army.
After the war he was made Cover
nor General of the provinces Of Ha-
vana and Pinar del Rio. In 1901 he
was commissioned a Brigadier Gener-
al in the regular army.
General Lee was married in 1871
to Ellen B. Fowler. They had five
children, three daughters and two
sons, both Of whom are in the army.
Two of his daughters married army
officers.
The veteran ofthree wars was one Of
the leading spirits Of the coming
Jamestown Exposition, and had work.
ed earnestly for its success.
The body of General Lee was taken
to Richmond on Monday, where it
has since been lying in state in the
city hall. The funeral takes place
this afternoon, and the remains will
be buried IN Hollywood Cemetery,
near the grave of Jefferson Davis.
Terrific Race With Death.
"Denth was fast annroaching.n writes