The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-29
The Whole South Nouns the Loss of a Gallant Soldier and Leader of the Confederacy--President Roosevelt Who Was One of General Lees Greatest Ad- mirers Was Among the First to Send Coincidence.

Vicksburg, Mfss-s May ze-WILnln sight of the fields on which he had fought his hardest battles during the civil war. and on the same ground where he had welcomed and entertain eti his former foes less than week ago, General stephen D. Lee. comman- der-in chief of the United Confederate Veterans, and one of the last three sur- vIving lieutenant generals or the Con- federacy, died here today in the Vicks" burg National Military Park at the of- ficiaI residence of the Park Commis" sion.
 Immediately following the death of General Lee, the sad intelligence was flashed to all parts of the country, and sympathy continued to pour in. From Montgomery, Ala, the Cradle of the Confederacy, where it's government was first organized; from Richmond, Va. the stronghold of the Southland dur ing the greater part of the bloody strife: from New Orleans. the head quarters of the United Confederate Vet erans. and from many. other cities, not only in the South. but in the North ana West. expressions of sorrow and ortef eutobies were received. Camps and other Confederate organisations. as we'll as many prominent persons, m. cluding the President of the United states. were quick to convey their ex- pressionsl of sympathy to the bereaved family and the surviving comrades or the RreaA captain and their messages were among the first received.
 All arrangements for the funeral or General Lee were completed tonight and an order bearing on this was ts- sued by Adjutant General Mtckle' from the headquarters of the Veterans st New orleans. at the direction of General William A Cabell. of Dallas, rex, who. in accordance with the by- laws of the organization. assumes the office Of Ldeutenant-General Command order. General Miclkle left New Or leans for Columbus. Miss. where the funeral will bc held next Saturday af- farnoon at 4 o'clock. The funeral train will leave vicksburg tomorrow morn ang at 7:3o o'clock, arriving at Co- iumbus later in the day. where It VIII be met by; several thousand veterans. many of whom are now on their way to pay their last respects to their former
 The funeral will be held from the 1ata residence of General Lee. accord ing to the burial rites of the Baptist Church. of which General Lee was member. The part which the Veterans will take in the funeral, will be under fhe direction of Major General Robert Lowry. commanding the Department Of Mississippi of the United Confederate Veterans.
 The Ranking ohacer.
 Al the time of his death General Lee was the ranking oficer or the Confederacy. Two other Lieutenant- Generals of the Confederacy still sur ylye. They are Gen. Alexander F. Stewart of Tennessee and Gen, simon Bolivar Buckner. of Kentucky, but by virtue of the precedence of his com mission, General Lee outranked both of these.
 General Lee was one of the South Carolina Lees. He was born in that State in 1888. He received his appoint" Academy at West Point, and graduated at that institution, receiving his com mission in the artillery. At the out break of the Civil War General Lee resigned his commission in the United states Army and entered the Confeder- acy. He served with the Confederate Army in Virginia until after the bat He of Antietam, when he was made BriRadier General and sent to Vicks- burg.
 General Lee played a prominent part in the siege of Vicksburg and follow Ing the fall of that city was taken nrIsoner. He was later exchanged and promoted to the rank of Major General End ordered to the Southwest He Sras sYbseduently assigned to the Army rF Tennessee with the Tank of Lieuten- art General and served up until the close of hostilities.
 Chanlain J. William Jones. U. c. ", alxateh of General Lee, says of him:
 srSJ. Arst service in the war was as .,Sa to General Beauregard, being one ~ IA tvvo officers sent to demand the Surrender of Sumter. and when the de- Ynand was refused, ordered the nearest hatterv to fire on the fort. He served ae cantain of a battery in the Hamp" ion Legion, and in November, leol' ne was promoted major of artilleryi serV- ad with Johnston at YorktoWn m the spring of 1882; was promote9 Lteuteh ant-Colonel artillery for gailaht Sno vaeritorioiIs service: was with Whit ;ng st Seven Pines. and was MaGru- der's chief of artillery in seven oays sround Richmond; was then put m ~emmand of the 4th Virginia CaValry' and conplimented for his daring scout tnp and when the campaign against pons onened he was made coiohel or srtIIIarv and put in command Of oat- 0aiion of twenty guns.
 A Second Manassas.
 @At Second Manassas he occupied a vidre between Jackson's and Long streat's positions, and when the enemy Advanced his heavy lines to crush Iackson, Lee opened on them with all his guns, which he handed so supernly ana with such terrinc effect that the ~Isnsbter was fearful. and the enemy's columns retired. Colonel Lee and his battalion (consisting of Rhett's South raroiina battery under Lieut.. William Elliott. and Parlxers, Eubank's and yordan's Virginia batteries) were high ly GO ApIinaented in tho official reports