Lee, Stephen Dill

Lee, Stephen Dill

September 22, 1833–May 28, 1908

Report from Lieutenant General S. D. Lee, Columbus, Mississippi, January 30, 1865

Source: The University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections, Henry De Lamar Clayton, Sr. Papers

This report is of S. D. Lee's operations from time he assumed command to arrival of the Army at Palmetto Station, Georgia.

Letter from S. D. Lee, Columbus, Mississippi, to General H. D. Clayton, Clayton, Alabama, April 12, 1880

Source: The University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections, Henry De Lamar Clayton, Sr. Papers

Seven page letter

Letter from Lieutenant General S. D. Lee, Headquarters, Lee's Corps, to General Clayton, April 10, 1865

Source: The University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections, Henry De Lamar Clayton, Sr. Papers

Three page letter

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  • Title Lee, Stephen Dill
  • Coverage September 22, 1833–May 28, 1908
  • Author
  • Keywords Soldier, received an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, member of General P. G. T. Beauregard’s staff, elected to the Mississippi Senate, additional promotions for his leadership and artillery skills during the Peninsular campaign, the Seven Days’ campaign, Second Manassas, and Sharpsburg, became a major, became the first president of the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College (later Mississippi State University), refused an offer to become president of Clemson College in his home state of South Carolina, served for ten years as president of the Mississippi Historical Society, helped to organize the Vicksburg National Military Park Association and served as its first president
  • Website Name South Carolina Encyclopedia
  • Publisher University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
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  • Access Date December 22, 2024
  • Original Published Date
  • Date of Last Update August 9, 2022

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