LEE
LEE
mand the North Atlantic blockading squadron.
He originated a system of blockading cruisers by
which the Confederacy was completely isolated
and fifty-four blockade running steamers were
captured. He was detached, Oct. 21, 1864, and
ordered to command the Mississippi squadron,
co-operating witii the army of Thomas in its oper-
ations against Hood on the Cumberland and
Tennessee rivers. For his service in this cam-
paign, Lee received a vote of thanks from con-
gress. He was detached from the Mississippi
squadron, Aug. 14, 1865, and promoted commo-
dore, July 25, 1866. He was president of the
board to examine volunteer officers for admission
into the regular navy, 1868-69; president of the
court martial held in New York city. May 29,
1868; a member of the board of examiners of the
Atlantic navy yards, and was put in charge of
the signal service at Washington, D.C., Oct. 13,
1869. He was promoted rear-admiral, April 22,
1870; was ordered on special duty at the navy
department at Washington, D.C., June 27, 1870,
and commander of the North Atlantic squadron
from Aug. 9, 1870, to Aug. 15, 1862, when he was
detached. He was retired, Feb. 13, 1873. He is
the author of: The Cruise of the Dolphin, pub-
lished in the " Reports " of the U.S. navy de-
partment (1854) and a report on the condition of
the Atlantic navy yards (1869). He died at Silver
Springs, near Washington, D.C., June 5, 1897.
LEE, Silas, representative, was born in Con- cord, Mass., July 3, 1760; son of Dr. Joseph and Lucy (Jones) Lee and greats-grandson of John and Mary (Hungerford) Leigh, who settled in Ips- wich, Mass., about 1634. He was graduated from Harvard college in 1784; was a practising at- torney in Biddeford, Maine, in 1788, and at Pown- alborough, 1789-1814. He was a representative in the Massachusetts legislature, 1793-98; and in the 6th and 7th U.S. congresses, 1799-1802. He resigned in 1802, having been appointed district attorney for the Maine district by President Jef- ferson in 1801, although opposed to him politic- ally, and he held this office until his death. He was justice of the peace and quorum in 1803; judge of the probate court, 1804-14, and chief justice of the court of common pleas, 1810. He died in Wiscasset, Maine, March 1, 1814.
LEE, Stephen Dill, soldier and educator, was born in Charleston, S.C, Sept. 22, 1833; son of Thomas and Caroline (Alison) Lee, grandson of Judge Thomas and Kezia (Miles) Lee, and great- grandson of William Lee, a leading citizen of Charleston, who was confined in the prison ship, and transferred to St. Augustine, Fla., by the the British during the American Revolution. Stephen Dill Lee was graduated at the U.S. Military academy in 1854. and promoted 2d lieutenant, 4th U.S. artillery; was promoted 1st
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lieutenant, Oct. 31, 1856; served in the Seminole
war, 1856-57; was api^ointed assistant adjutant-
general of the Department of Florida, August,
1857; served as (quartermaster of the 4th artil-
lery, 1857-61, and was on frontier duty, 1857-01.
He resigned his com-
mission, Feb. 20, 18-
61, and was appoint-
ed a captain in the
South Carolina army.
He was aide-de-camp
to General Beaure-
gard, and prior to the
bombardment of Fort
Sumter, in company
with Col. James Chest-
nut, he carried the
formal demand to
Major Anderson for
the surrender of the
fort. He served as
quartermaster, com-
missary, engineer officer, and distributing of-
ficer for the army in Charleston; was com-
missioned captain in the Confederate States
army, and was given command of the light bat-
tery of Hampton's South Carolina legion. He
was promoted successively major, lieutenant-
colonel and colonel of artillery, and participated
in the Peninsula campaign, in the battles of Seven
Pines, Savage's Station and Malvern Hill. He
commanded a battalion of artillery in Lee's army
during the campaign against Pope, a battalion
at the second battle of Manassas, and at Sharps-
burg. He was commissioned brigadier-general
for gallantry at the battle of Sharpsburg, Nov. 6,
1863; commanded the garrison and batteries at
Vicksburg, Miss., 1862-63; was in command of
the provisional division at Chickasaw Bluffs, and
repelled the attack made by General Sherman's
army, with one brigade of the Vicksburg garri-
son, Dec. 28-29, 1862. He had command of the
entire line from Vicksburg to Snyder's Mill. At
the battle of Champion Hills, May 16, 1863, his
brigade in Stephenson's division bore the brunt
of the battle, and nearly half of his men were
killed, wounded or prisoners. In the siege of
Vicksburg a part of his brigade was driven from
their intrenchments in the assault by Grant, May
22, 1863, but recovered the position before the
close of the day, and after the fall of Vicksburg
he was exchanged and promoted major-general,
Aug. 3, 1863. He was in command of the cavalry
forces in Mississippi. West Tennessee, Alabama
and East Louisiana. While in command of cav-
alry he organized several regiments. He was
in command at the battle of Tupelo, Miss., July
14, 1864, where with about 6000 cavalry and dis-
mounted men he fought a drawn battle with a
