page_title: Arthur Tracy Lee
section_title: Civil War
hierarchical_section_title: Arthur Tracy Lee / Civil War
caption_attribution_description: Map of Wheatfield actions in the Battle of Gettysburg, Second Day, of the American Civil War. Updated unit positions and made topographical background consistent with many other Wikipedia Gettysburg maps. Drawn in Adobe Illustrator CS5 by Hal Jespersen. Graphic source file is available at http://www.posix.com/CWmaps/
context_page_description: Arthur Tracy Lee served as an officer in the regular army before and during the American Civil War. He was also an author, painter, musician, and an architect.
context_section_description: While at Fort Stockton, Lee learned of the secession of Texas from the Union. With his company, he began marching towards the coast in an attempt to get his men out of the state. On April 21, 1861, they were captured in San Antonio by Confederate forces. He was arrested and then paroled under the condition that he not take up arms against the Confederate government or give information against Confederate interests unless "regularly engaged."
  On October 26, 1861, he was appointed as major of the 2nd Infantry Regiment. Complying with his parole terms, he spent much of his time doing various assignments in the North, but when his parole expired, he joined his regiment in time to command them at the battle of Gettysburg.
caption: Gettysburg, July 2.
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