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Lee names 11 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Lee ROBERT ican military officer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
ROBERT ican military officer; born in Stratford EDWARD, an Amer- House, Westmoreland co., Va., Jan. 19, 1807. He was graduated States Military Academy in 1829, and at United entered the United States ademy in 1829, and army as 2d lieutenant, States army as 2d becoming 1st lieutenant in 1836, and g 1st lieutenant in captain two years later. In 1846 Lee was two years later. In appointed engineer-in-chief to the United States army ted engineer-in-chiet in Mexico; was brevetted tes army in Mexico: major in April of that year for "gallant for in April of that conduct at the battle of Cerro conduct the battla Gordo"; lieutenant-colonel in August, 1847, lierten el in for distinguished bravery in the actions of distinguished bravery Contreras and Churubusco Contreras and Churu ; and colonel (Sept. 13, 1847), for eminent services (Sept. 18, 1847), for at Chapultepec. After the close of the Chapultepec. After war Colonel Lee was reappointed Colonel Lee was rea member of the United States Board of of the United States Engineers, and in 1852 was made superintendent and in 1852 was of West Point Military Academy of West Point Mili- , which he held till March, 1855, when he was he held till March, appointed lieutenantcolonel of cavalry appointed lieutenant . In 1861 he received his colonelcy, 1861 he received but resigned his commission within a month resigned his commisafterward, and offered his sword terward, and ofto his native State, Virginia, which native State, Vir had just seceded from the Union, and was then eded from the threatened by the National forces. reatened by the His offer offer being promptly accepted, Colonel Lee was apbeing pointed commander-in el Lee was ap- -chief of the Virginia troops, of of the Vir with the rank of general in the rank of general in GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE ROBERT E Z the Confederate army. He occupied himself with army. He occupied organizing his troops till May, 1862, anizing his troops till when he he superseded Gen. J. E. Johnston in the command of the army superseded Gen. J. intrusted with command of the army defense the defense of Richmond, threatened by a of Richmond, formidable Union army ormidable Union army under General McClellan. In the san- of guinary campaign that ensued, General final Lee, aided by " Stonewall " Jackson, made 1898. a vigorous assault on McClellan's army, and succeeded, in a series of severe battles, known as the "Seven Days' Battles," in forcing it back from its position in front of Richmond. In August, of the same year, General Lee forced the Union army under General Pope to fall precipitately back upon Washington. The campaigns he conducted in Maryland and Pennsylvania in 1862-1863 were, however, not so fortunate. After fighting a hotly-contested and drawn battle at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862, Lee was obliged across the Potomac; and, to retreat though victorious in the first day's battle at Gettysburg (July 1, 1863), he met with a disastrous repulse two days afterward, and was again compelled to retire across the Potomac. Previous to this, however, General Lee had signally defeated General Burnside's army at Fredericksburg, Dec. 12-16, 1862, and also defeated General Hooker at Chancellorsville, May 1-4, 1863. From August, 1863, till May, 1864, General Lee was engaged in operations along the line of the Rappahannock, and fought a succession of desperate battles in the Wilderness, and from there S. to his old position before Richmond, during May, 1864. On Feb. 5, 1865, General Lee was appointed commander-in-chief of all the Confederate armies in the field, and till April in that year held the defenses of Petersburg and Richmond, fighting several battles to retain them. On April 2 he was at last dislodged from his intrenchments by superior forces, compelled to retreat from Petersburg, and eventually to surrender himself and army to General Grant, April 9, after a long and gallant blood. contest with his resolute and able adversary. General Lee was installed president of Washington College, Va., Oct. 2, 1865. He died in Lexington, Va., Oct. 12, 1870. English
Lee FITZHUGH, an American military officer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
FITZHUGH, an American military officer; born in Clermont, Fairfax co., Va., Nov. 19, 1835. He was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1856. At the outbreak of the Civil War he resigned his commission and entered the Confederate Army, rising through its grades to that of Major- General . He participated in all the battles of the Army of Northern Virginia, and was severely wounded at Winchester in 1864. He commanded a cavalry Ga., March 25, 1818. corps of the Army of Northern Virginia in 1865, surrendering to General Meade in March. He was governor of Virginia from 1886 to 1890. Appointed consulgeneral at Havana in 1893 he served there till 1898, and was at the head of (BARBOUR PERRY), an American novelist, born in Bristol, Conn., in 1860. She graduated from Smith College in 1886. From 1890 to 1893 she taught English at Vas- JENNETTE LEE, sar College, and from 1893 to 1896 she was head of the department of English, in the College for Women, at the Western Reserve University. From 1904 to 1913 she was professor of English language and literature at 07. He Smith College. In 1896 she married ates Milite Gerald Stanley Lee. Her novels tered the include "Kate Wetherill" (1900); "Happy Island" (1910); "Unfinished Portraits" (1916); 36, and ca "The Air-Man and the Tramp 16 Lee was " (1918); "The Rain-Coat Girl" (1919). the Unite sbrevettes ar for "ga Cerro Go gust, 1847 the actione co; and co nent servic close of th ointed a zu rd of En Se superint 5, when ho mel of colonelcs ihis swor RICHARD HENRY LEE
Lee CHARLES, an American mili tary officer
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CHARLES, an American mili tary officer; born in Dernhall, Cheshire , England, in 1731. In 1775 he was made Major -General. He was captured by the British in 1776, and was exchanged in 1778. For disobedience of the orders of Washington at the battle of Monmouth in 1778, he was tried by courtmartial and sentenced to one year's suspension from the army, and afterward was altogether dismissed by Congress. He died at Philadelphia , Pa., Oct. 2, 1782. affairs in Cuba during the period immediately preceding the outbreak of the war with Spain. President McKinley having intended to send an additional message to Congress on April 6, 1898, the effect of which would have been an immediate outbreak of hostilities, Consul-General Lee cabled that he would not be able to secure the removal of American citizens from Cuba before the night of the 9th. The President thereupon withheld his message, and on the appointed evening the Americans in Cuba who wished to leave were all conveyed from the island. During the ensuing war with Spain he of was a Major-General of volunteers, serving in Cuba, and becoming at the close of hostilities military governor Havana. In 1900 he was made commander of the Department of the Missouri. He died April 28, 1905.
Lee RICHARD HENRY, an Amerstatesman ican
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RICHARD HENRY, an Amerstatesman ican ; born in Stratford, Westmoreland co., Va., Jan. 20, 1732. He received part of his education in England, and after his return to his native country was chosen a delegate to the House of Burgesses from Westmoreland county. In the opposition to unjust British claims he played throughout a most important part. A delegate from Virginia to the first American Congress at Philadelphia (1774) he was at once recognized as a leader in that assembly. He drew up many addresses to the king and the English people. When war became inevitable Lee was placed on the various committees appointed to organize resistance. On June 7, 1776, he introduced the motion finally breaking political connection with Great Britain. In 1784 he AL was unanimously elected president of the Congress, and when the Federal Constitution was established he entered the Senate for his native State. In 1792 he when retired into private life. He died in aston Chantilly, Va., June 19, 1794.
Lee SIR SIDNEY, an scholar and writer
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
SIR SIDNEY, an scholar and writer, born in London, in 1859. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and became in 1883 assistant editor of the "Dictionary of National Biography," and on the death of Sir Leslie Stephen, he was appointed successor. To this work he contributed about 800 articles. He lectured at Oxford and Cambridge, and in 1903 at the Lowell Institute of Boston. In 1913 he was appointed professor of English language and literature in the University of London. He was considered an authority on matters relating to Shakespeare, and wrote much on that subject. His "Life Vol. V-Cyc-CC Shakespeare " is considered to be the authority. It was published in He wrote " A Life of Queen Victoria"; "Great Englishmen of the Sixteenth Century" (1904); "Shakespeare and the Modern Stage "(1906); "The " the French Renaissance in England" (1910).
Lee ANN, founder of the Society of Shakers in America
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ANN, founder of the Society of Shakers in America; born in Manchester, England, Feb. 29, 1736. She was poor and uneducated, and in 1758 joined the Shakers, a sect allied in their belief to the Friends. They practiced curious dances in which the whole body was shaken and thrown into strange postures. Anna Lee was married in 1762 to a blacksmith named Standerin, or Stanley. She believed herself inspired, and was imprisoned in 1770 for preaching the new doctrine of celibacy. În 1774 she emigrated to America and founded the Society of Shakers. She was greatly revered by her followers , and by them was called "Mother Ann." She died in Watervliet, N. Y., Sept. 8, 1784.
Lee STEPHEN DILL, an American 90 and" (1910)
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STEPHEN DILL, an American 90 and" (1910). military officer; born in Charleston, S. C., Sept. 22, 1833. He was graduated at erican United States Military Academy in 1854. He served in the army till 1861, when he graduated a resigned to enter the Confederate service, resi demy in rising through its military grades to that 85 1861, of Lieutenant-General. He fought gallantly in the battles around Richmond, at rades to th the second Bull Run, and other engagefought ments. After the Civil War he was Richmond prominent in organizations of Confedother enga erate veterans. In 1899 he became com- War he mander of the Vicksburg National Park. He died in 1908. of Con became
Lee HENRY, an American soldier
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HENRY, an American soldier; born in Leesylvania, Va., Jan. 29 , 1756 . He was graduated at Princeton College in 1774, and on the outbreak of the Revolutionary War joined Washington's army. He speedily won distinction for his dash and daring, being styled "Lighthorse Harry Lee." He led the army of 15,000 men that put down the "whiskey insurrection" in Pennsylvania in 1794. He first uttered the words, "First in war , first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," applying them to Washington, whose commemorative oration he delivered. He died on Cumberland Island,
Lee GERALD STANLEY, an American author
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
GERALD STANLEY, an American author, born in Brockton , Mass., in 1862. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1885, and for three years following studied at the Yale Divinity School. He was ordained to the Congregational ministry in 1888 and was pastor of several churches in various parts of the country . He lectured widely on literature and art subjects. His published writings include "The Shadow Christ" (1896); " The Lost Art of Reading" (1902); "The Voice of the Machines" (1906); "The Lonely Nation" (1917); ; and "The Ghost in the White House" (1920).
Lee ALGERNON, journalist
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
ALGERNON, journalist, born in Dubuque, Ia., in 1873. He was educated at the University of Minnesota. He became identified with the Socialist movement in 1895, and edited Socialist papers from 1898 1909. From the latter year he was educational director of the Rand School of Social Science, in New York. He was a delegate to many Socialist conventions and conferences.
Lee FRANCIS LIGHTFOOT
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
FRANCIS LIGHTFOOT, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a brother of Richard Henry Lee; born in Stratford, Va., Oct. 14, 1734. He died in Richmond, Va., April 3, 1797.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Of the eleven Lees gathered here, one has been reassessed more sharply than almost any figure on this shelf. Collier's in 1921 closes its account of Robert E. Lee with his surrender "after a long and gallant contest" and his installation as president of Washington College, which was renamed Washington and Lee University after his death in 1870; a century of monument-building on that view has since been undone, with the Confederate statues at Charlottesville and New Orleans removed in 2017 and the huge equestrian Lee on Richmond's Monument Avenue taken down in September 2021, while US Army bases named for Confederates, Fort Lee in Virginia among them, were renamed in the 2020s. Fitzhugh Lee, whose consul-generalship at Havana from 1893 the entry notes almost in passing, was the American official on the spot when the Maine blew up in 1898, and Richard Henry Lee is still remembered chiefly for one act the entry treats as one among many, moving the resolution for independence in June 1776. The literary Lees have faded hardest: Jennette Barbour Perry Lee, professor at Smith and author of "Happy Island" and "The Rain-Coat Girl," is now read almost only by scholars of women's college fiction, and her husband Gerald Stanley Lee, a celebrity essayist in 1921, is essentially unread.
Written for this edition, 2026.