Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-06-04
GEN. S. D. LEE.
OF VETERANS AN.
SWERs LAST ROLL CALL.
Tic Was the Last Living Lieutenant
OF the Confederate States of amer;-

General Stephen ID. Lee. command.
er-in-chief of the United Confederate
veterans and the last Lieutenant gen.
erai OF the Confederacy, died n,
VlcKsburg. Miss, Thursday morninp
aiter an illness of seven days. Cen
eral Lee was taken i'll on Nav 81
after a hard days task in makinp
speeches and welcoming the Iowa
ana wisconsin reunion of veterans
Grand army of the Republic at the
National park in Vicksburg.
me Following sketch of Gen. Lees
Ire and services was written by Col
T. X. Brooks, of Columbia:
About rs years ago, in Charleston.
D e., Lieutenant General Stephen ID
Lee Z. 5. A, was born. His educa-
ton was finished at West Point
hen the tocsin of war was sounded
he responded to the call of Gen.
wade Hampton, and helped him raise
the celebrated Hampton Legion. bv
commanding the Horse Artillery. then
known as Lees battery, which COW
cred itself with glory on SO many
pioody fields, and was known as
Harts battery, after the gallant
young Captain Lee was promoted at
Sharpsburg, September II, 1862.
The subject Of this hurried and
imperfect sketch was assigned tn
duty In the army of the West. and
served under General Bragg. John
son and Hood. He gradually rose
from brigadier to major general and
TO lieutenant general, and for his gal
liant services rendered at the battle
or ezra church. near Atlanta, on 5uly
zS, 1864. was highly complimented.
NO better or more loyal Ccnfeder-
ate ever lived than the lamented Ste
phen ID. Lee, whose great soul took
It's Hight this day, to answer to the
last roll-call. The old Hampton Le-
gion was composed of some Of the
very best and most gallant men in
the Confederate or any other army.
The Legion furnished to our glorious
cause five generals. as follows:
Hampton, Lee, Butler, Gray and
Connor.
General Stephen Lees promo
tions were as follows:
Captain artillery, March. 1861.
Major artillery. November. 1861.
Lieutenant colonel artillery. No
vember, 1862.
Colonel artillery, December. 1862.
"Brigadier general, p. A. C. S..
March, 1863.
Major general. p. a. c. S, Au-
gust, 1863.
Lieutenant general. p A. C. s..
June, 1864.
AS colonel he commanded a bat
TALON of artillery-Lee's battalion
Composed of Eubanks'. Grims'. Jor-
dams. Parker's. Rhett's and Taylor's
batteries of artillery
"As brigadier general, he COM
manded n brigade of infantry, gar
risoning fixed batteries OF artillery at
Vicksburg
AS major general, he was assign
ed August 16. 1868, to tre command
of all the cavalry OF the department
of Alabama, Mississippi. East Louis
lana and West Tennessee. and on
May "A, 1864. was assigned TO the
command of the above-named depart
ment.
AS lieutenant general. he was as
signed July 81. 1864, to the COM
mand of Hoods corps, army of Ten
nessee, composed of the divisions of
ID. III. Hill, Stevenson and Clayton.
lie was one of the best qualified,
all-round officers OF the Confederate
army. commanding with distinction
in every branch of the service.
IAN old-time South Carolinan. he
has put his impress upon the matter
of writing the truth as to facts for
the history of the Confederate states
and the Confederate soldier To
this end he has spoken often and
written much.
Gen. stephen ID. Lee fought side
by side with the lamented and dis
tinguished Gen. Ellison Capers. the
beloved bishop. II was the good for
tune OF the writer to witness the last
meeting of these two great men on
the afternoon of January %, 1908.
The most touching and pathetic thing
was 10 see these Confederate heroes,
who fought on so many bloody fields,
weep like children when they part
ed. May their great souls rest in
peace, is the prayer of their com
rades." =
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