The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-05-05
LEE DEAD
Brilliant and Peerless Soldier
Taken By Grim Reaper
STRICKEN BY APOPLEXY
General Attacked by Fatal Stroke on
Train While En- Route from Bos-
ton to Washington, and Died
Later in Providence Hospital.

General Fitzhugh Lee, United States
army, retired, and one of Virginia's
foremost sons, died at the Providence
hospital in Washington Friday night
from an attack Of apopleXy, which
he suffered early in the morning on
train while en- route from Boston
to Washington.
The end was peaceful and without
pain, the general remaining conscious
until five minutes before he died. None
Of the immediate family had time to
reach his bedside before the end came.
The general was 68 years old A wild
ow and five children survive him. Two
Of the boys are army officers, and
two of the girls are wives Of army
officers, while the remaining child is
young woman still in her teens. The
children are Mrs. J. G. Rhea, wife of
Lieut.. Rhea, now at Fort Oglethorpe,
Ca; Lieut.. Fitzhugh Lee of the cav
airy branch, now in Manila; Lieut..
George Mason Lee Of the seventh cav
airy, now in San Francisco; Mrs. Anne
Brown, wife of Lieut.. Brown of the
seventh cavalry, now at San Fran
cisco, and Miss Virginia Lee,
General Lee was stricken with apo
plexy, the entire left side being af-
fected, at 8 o'clock Friday morning.
The train had just left the Harlem
river when the stroke came. The
train bearing the general arrived in
Washington directly after 10 o'clock.
Under the direction Of Major Kean,
U. S. A., of the surgeon generals
office, the patient was removed to
Providence hospital. The news Of the
generals condition had preceded him
to Washington, and many Of his army
and personal friends were at the
Pennsylvania station to meet him.
General Lee had been spending a
few days in the city of Boston, in the
interest Of the jamestown exposition,
and was returning to Washington, on
his way to join Mrs. Lee. His heart
and soul was in the exposition work,
and he labored zealously to make it
a success. His visit to Boston was in
this connection, and he had appeared
before the legislatures of New York,
Pennsylvania, Illinois and other places
in behalf of the project. Since he
took up the work of the Jamestown
exposition, he has made his official
residence at Norfolk, Va. However,
his activities in connection with this
work have given him very little time
there During the session of con-
gress just closed, the general spent a
large part of his time in Washington
In the interest of the necessary leg
islation authorizing the exposition
General Lee long has been a promi-
nent figure in Washington, and he ak
ways was given a hearty reception
wherever he went. General Lee was a
nephew of the famous confederate
general, Robert E. Lee, and, like him,
saw active service in the confeder-
acy.
Prior to the civil war, at the begin.
ming of which he resigned his com
mission in the United States army,
General Lee saw considerable from
tier duty against the Indians. He was
an expert cavalry officer. His
services in the confederate army as
major general are we'll known, and
during his active work in the Spanish.
American war, General Lee filled a
number oR important positions, in
Guiding the .governorship of Virginia,
the presidency Of the Pittsburg and
Virginia railroad, the collectorship Of
internall, revenue for the Lynchburg
district and the consul generalship at
Havana -~'---- 81
Following his honorable discharge
from the volunteer army on March 2,
1901, General Lee was appointed to
the regular army February II, 1901,
with rank of brigadier general, and
with this rank he was retired in the
month of March following.