Citation Information
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Title
Lee, Stephen Dill
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Coverage
September 22, 1833–May 28, 1908
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Author
DeWitt Boyd Stone, Jr.
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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
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Website Name
South Carolina Encyclopedia
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Publisher
University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
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URL
https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/lee-stephen-dill/view/images
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Access Date
November 21, 2024
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Original Published Date
June 8, 2016
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Date of Last Update
August 9, 2022
