Fitzhugh Lee
American
Lineage
- Father Sydney Smith Lee
- Mother Anna Maria Mason Lee
Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
1862/09/17 | Robert E Lee commands the 38000-man Army of Northern Virginia | Confederate Commander | Antietam National Battlefield | Sharpsburg, MD | Battle of Antietam | ||
1862/09/28 | Invited by Adam Stephen Dandridge II, General Wade Hampton and General Fitzhugh Lee arrive at The Bower, encamping in a nearby oak grove. | Guest | The Bower | Leetown | |||
1864/05/24 | Led by Major Gen Fitzhugh Lee, 2500 Confederate cavalry attack Fort Pocahontas. His force is repulsed by the 1,100 or so USCTs under the command of Gen Edward A Wild. Casualties numbered over 100 for the Confederates and about 20 for the Union. | Confederate Commander | Fort Pocahontas | Charles City, VA | Battle of Wilson's Wharf | ||
1897/12/00 | Fearing for the safety of Americans in Cuba, US Consul Fitzhugh Lee request a warship to be station in Key West in case of violent unrest. | US Consul-general | Spanish-American War | ||||
1905/04/28 | Exposition president, Fitzhugh Lee, dies at the Providence Hospital in Washington from an attack of apoplexy and paralysis with which he was stricken early this morning while traveling by rail from Boston to Washington in interest of Jamestown Exposition. | Died | Jamestown Exposition | ||||
1905/05/04 | Fitzhugh Lee is buried at Hollywood Cemetery. | Final Resting Place | Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond | Richmond |
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