Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-06-03
GEN. 5. D. LEE DEAD
Another Brave Confederate
Leader Gathered to Rest
HONORED ALL THROUGH DIXIE
One of Three Surviving Lieutenant
Generals of the Confederacy Passes
Away Within Sight of the Fields
on Which he Fought the Hardest
Battles For the Cause BE Loved.

Vlcksburg, Miss, Special-Wlthin
sight Of the fields on which lie had
fought his hardest battles during the
civil war, and on the same grounds
where he had welcomed and senter-
tanned his former foes less than a
week ago, General Stephen d. Lee,
commander-in-chief of the Emitted
Confederate Veterans and one lef the
last three surviving lieutenane gen.
erals of the Confederacy, died; here
in the Vicksburg National Military
Park, at the official residence Of the
park commission.
Immediately following the Sdeath
of General Lee the sad intelligence
was flashed to all parts of the4coun-
try and from early morning until late
at night messages Of condolenGe and
sympathy continued to pour in. From
Montgomery, Ala, the cradle df the
Confederacy, where its government
was first organized from Richmond,
Va, the stronghold Of the Southland
during the greater part Of the bloody
strife; from New Orleans, the head
quarters of the United Confederate
Veterans, and from many others cities,
not only in the South, but in.sthe
North and West expressions ofssor-
row and brief eulogies were received.
Camps and other Confederate organi
zations as well as many prominent
persons. including the President Of
the United States, were quick to4con.
vey their expressions of sympathy to
lla bereaved family.
Ell arrangements for the funeral
>f = anral Lee were completed and
a:,;~r bearing upon this was is
Sal b. Adjutant General Mickle
from the headquarters of the veterans
at New Orleans at the direction of
Gen. w. L. Cabell, Of Dallas, Tex,
who, in accordance with the bylaws
of the organization, assumes the Office
of lieutenant general commanding.
General Mickle left New Orleanssfor
Columbus, Miss, where the funeral
would be held Saturday afternoon at
O'Clock.
At the time of his death, although
not the ranking officer of the Confed-
eracy. General Lee was commaDder-
in-chief of the Confederate Netefansa
Lieutenant General A. P. Stewart@of
Chattanooga, is ranking Qflieer
or account Of his infrmities he has
not taken an active part in the af-
fairs of the organization for many
years.
General Lee was one of the South
Carolina Lees. He was born in that
State in 1888. He received his ap-
pointment to the United States Mill
tary Academy at West Point and
graduated at that State, receiving his
commission in the artillery. AT the
outbreak of the civil war General
Lee resigned his commission in the
United States army and entered the
Confederacy. He served with the
Confederate army in Virginia until
after the battle Of Antietam, when
he was made a brigadier general and
sent to Vicksburg.
Remains Taken to Columbus.
Vicksburg, Miss, Special.-With
an escort Of Confederate veterans and
members of the State militia, who
were appointed by Governor Noel,
the body of the late General Stephen
D. Lee, commander-in-chief of the
United Confederate Vetrans, was
conveyed by special train and
taken to Columbus, Miss.
Daughters Asked to Hold Memorial
Services.
Houston, Tex, Special.-Mrs. Cor
nelia Branch Stone, president-general
of the United Daughters of the Con-
federacy, issued a general orders de-
ploring the death Of General Stephen
D. Lee and requesting that every
chapter of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy, shall at once ap-
point a day for fitting memorial
service to be held in his memory.