The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-06-01
GEN. STEPHEN D. LEE DEAD
One of the Three Surviving Lieu
tenant Generals of the Co1fed-
eracv Passes Away.
<sburg. Miss. Dispatch, May 29.


Miss. Dispatch, May %.
Within sight of the fields on
which he had fought his hardest .
battles during the civil war, and
on the same grounds where he
had welcomed and entertained
his former foes less than a week
ago, General Stephen d. Lee,
commanderin-chief of the United
Confederate Veterans and one Of
the last three aurvivinglieutenant
generals of the Confederacy, died
here today in the Vicksburg Ma
tional Military Park, at the Off
cial residence Of the park COM
mission.
Immediately following the
death of General Lee the sad in
telligence was flashed to all parts
of the country and from early
this morning until late tonight
messages of coincidence and SYM
pathy continued to pour in. From
Montgomery, Ala, the cradle of
the Confederacy, where its gov
eminent was first organized;fr
Richmond, Va, the stronghold
of the Southland during the
greater part Of the bloody strife;
from New Orleans, the headquar-
tiers of the United Confederate
Veterans; and from many other
cities, not only in the South, but
in the North and West, express
sions of sorrow and brief eulOgies
were received. Camps and Other
Confederate organizations as wei
as many prominent persons, in
Guiding the President Of the
United States, were quick to con
vey their expressions of sympath,
to the bereaved family.
All arrangements for the funer
al of General Lee were cOmplet
, ed tonight and an order bearing
: upon this was issued by Adjutan
General Mickle from the head
quarters Of the veterans at NeN
Orleans at the direction Of Ger
w. L. Cabell, of Dallas, Tex.
:, who, in accordance with the by
= laws of the organization, assume
the office of lieutenant genera
commanding, General Mick
left New orleans for Columbu:
Miss, where the funeral will b
held next Saturday afternoon
4 o'clock.
The funeral will be held frol
the late residence Of General lie
), according" to the burial rites
the Baptist Church, of whic
. General Lee was a member. Tn
- part which the veterans will TAX
in the funeral will be under II
. direction of Major Robert Lower,
- commanding the department
Mississippi Of the U. C. V.
COMMANDER OF U. c. V.
At the time of his death, {
though not the ranking officer
the Confederacy, General l.
- was commander-in-chief of t
Confederate Veterans. Lie
tenant General A. P. Stewart,
he Chattanooga, is ranking office
to but on account of his infirmiti
n he has not taken an active part
the affairs Of the organizati
ps for many years.
er General Lee was one of t
on South Carolina Lees. He W
IT. born in that State in 1888.
Mt received his appointment to t
I'm United States Military Acadel
RI at West Point and graduated
no that State. receiving his co
7f- mission in the artillery. At
ss' outbreak of the civil war Gene
he Lee resigned his commission
n the United States army and
ar tered theConfederacy. He Sc
nu ed with the Confederate ar
we in Virginia until the battle
Antietam, when he was mad
." brigadier general and sent
No. Vicksburg.
Ill, General Lee played a prom
'Cel ent part in the siege Of Vic
W. burg and following the fall
that city was taken prison
nr' He was later exchanged ;
re- promoted to the rank Of ma
ant general and ordered to the Sou
, west. He was subsequently
VII. signed to the army of
clal Tennessee with the rank of Ii
ing tenant general and served u
the close of the war. Gene
oV- Lee then devoted himself to
ing education Of the Southern yol
ON He became president of
few Mississippi Agricultural
, OF Mechanical College.