See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

STEPHEN See also:

• DILL (Anethum or Peucedanum graveolens)

DILL See also:

• LEE
• LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
• LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
• LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
• LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
• LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
• LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
• LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
• LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
• LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
• LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
• LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
• LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
• STEPHEN DILL LEE (1833-1908)

LEE (1833-1908)  , Confederate See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general in the See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, came of a See also:

• FAMILY

family distinguished in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Carolina, and was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• CHARLESTON

Charleston, S.C., on the 22nd of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1833 . Graduating from See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Point in 1854, he served for seven years in the See also:

• UNITED

United States See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army and resigned in 1861 on the See also:

• SECESSION

secession of South Carolina . He was aide de See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp to General See also:

• BEAUREGARD, MARQUIS DE (c. 1772–?)
• BEAUREGARD, PIERRE GUSTAVE TOUTANT (1818-1893)

Beauregard in the attack on Fort See also:

• SUMTER
• SUMTER, THOMAS (1i36–1832)

Sumter, and See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain commanding a See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• BATTERY (Fr. batterie, from battles, to beat)

battery in General See also:

• JOHNSTON, ALBERT SIDNEY (1803–1862)
• JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER (1849-1888)
• JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER KEITH (1804-1871)
• JOHNSTON, ARTHUR (1587-1641)
• JOHNSTON, J
• JOHNSTON, JOSEPH EGGLESTON (1807-1891)
• JOHNSTON, SIR HENRY HAMILTON (1858- )

Johnston's army later in the See also:

• YEAR

year 1861 . Thereafter, by successive steps, each gained by distinguished conduct on the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field of See also:

• BATTLE

battle, he See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of brigadier-general in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1862, being ordered to take command of defences at See also:

• VICKSBURG

Vicksburg . He served at this See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place with See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

credit until its surrender to General See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

Grant in See also:

• JULY

July 1863, and on becoming a prisoner of war, he was immediately exchanged and promoted See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-general . His regimental service had been chiefly with See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery, but he had generally worked with and at times commanded See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry, and he was now assigned to command the troops of that See also:

• ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm in the south-western See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre of war . After harassing, as far as his limited See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers permitted, the advance of See also:

• SHERMAN
• SHERMAN, JOHN (x823-1900)
• SHERMAN, ROGER (1721–1793)

Sherman's See also:

• COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column on See also:

• MERIDIAN
• MERIDIAN (from the Lat. meridianus, pertaining to the south or mid-day)

Meridian, he took General See also:

• POLK, JAMES KNOX (179 1849)
• POLK, LEONIDAS (1806-1864)

Polk's place as See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi . In See also:

• JUNE

June 1864, on See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

Hood's promotion to command the Army of See also:

• TENNESSEE

Tennessee, S . D . See also:

• LEE
• LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
• LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
• LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
• LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
• LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
• LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
• LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
• LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
• LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
• LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
• LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
• LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
• LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)

Lee was made a See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-general and assigned to command Hood's old See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps in that army . He fought at See also:

• ATLANTA

Atlanta and Jonesboro and in the skirmishing and manoeuvring along See also:

• MIDDLE

middle Tennessee which ended in the great crisis of See also:

• NASHVILLE

Nashville and the " See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March to the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea." Lee's corps accompanied Hood in the bold advance to Nashville, and fought in the battles of See also:

• FRANKLIN
• FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN (1706-1790)
• FRANKLIN, SIR JOHN (1786-1847)
• FRANKLIN, WILLIAM BUEL (1823-1903)

Franklin and Nashville, after which, in the rout of the Confederate army Lee kept his troops closed up and well in See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, and for three consecutive days formed the fighting rearguard of the otherwise disintegrated army . Lee was himself wounded, but did not give up the command until an organized rearguard took over the See also:

• POST

post of danger .

On recovery he joined General J . E . Johnston in See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North Carolina, and he surrendered with Johnston in See also:

• APRIL

April 1865 . After the war he settled in Mississippi, which was his wife's See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state and during the greater See also:

• PART

part of the war his own territorial command, and devoted himself to planting . He was See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the Agricultural and See also:

• MECHANICAL

Mechanical See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College of Mississippi from 188o to 1899, took some part in state politics and was an active member—at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of his See also:

• DEATH

death commanderin-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief—of the " United Confederate Veterans " society . He died at Vicksburg on the 28th of May 1908 .