Sydney Smith Lee
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Sydney Smith Lee, called Smith Lee in his lifetime, was a Naval officer who served as a Naval officer in the United States navy and in the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. He was
Capt. Sydney Smith Lee CSA
Lee, on the left, in 1860. The other officers are Samuel F. Du Pont and David D. Porter.
Smith Lee in mufti.
Robert E. Lee
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Robert Edward Lee was a Confederate general whose early actions in the American Civil War led to his appointment as the overall commander of the Confederate States Army near the end of the war. He led
Sydney Smith Lee
…of the Lee Family of Virginia, the third child of Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee and Anne Hill Carter Lee, and the older brother of Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Lee was born in Camden, New Jersey, on September 2, 1802. At the age of 18 on December 30, 1820, he was appointed midshipman in the United States Navy…
Lee in 1864
Stratford Hall in Westmoreland County, Virginia, Lee's birthplace
Lee Corner on Oronoco Street in Alexandria, Virginia, a property owned by Lee
Lee at age 31 in 1838, as a Lieutenant of Engineers in the U.S. Army