Marcus F. Wright's Civil War Bios - Gen. William Henry Fitzhugh Lee

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   LEE, GEN. WILLIAM HENRY FITZHUGH, born in Arlington, Va., May 31,
   1837. Appointed lieutenant in United States army in 1857, and served
   in Utah campaign. Joined Confederate forces in 1861, and made
   brigadier-general October, 1862. Captured and exchanged. Promoted to
   major-general of cavalry April, 1864. Led his division from the
   Rapidan to Appomattox, and performed brilliant service. Elected to
   Congress in 1888 as a Democrat. Died in 1891.