. Minutes . me rapidly promoted to major, lieutenant colonel, colonel,and brigadier general, November 6, 1862. He served with Gen-eral Joseph E. Johnston in the peninsular campaign, and atSeven Pines; and under General R. E. Lees command at Sav-age Station and Malvern Hill. He commanded the reserveartillery at the Second Manassas battle; and held the same com-mand at Sharpsburg. lie was promoted brigadier general November 6, 1862,and assigned to command at Vicksburg He attained the rankof lieutenant general at the age of 31 years, June 23, 1864, andwas assigned to the Department of Missi
. Minutes . me rapidly promoted to major, lieutenant colonel, colonel,and brigadier general, November 6, 1862. He served with Gen-eral Joseph E. Johnston in the peninsular campaign, and atSeven Pines; and under General R. E. Lees command at Sav-age Station and Malvern Hill. He commanded the reserveartillery at the Second Manassas battle; and held the same com-mand at Sharpsburg. lie was promoted brigadier general November 6, 1862,and assigned to command at Vicksburg He attained the rankof lieutenant general at the age of 31 years, June 23, 1864, andwas assigned to the Department of Mississippi, Alabama. EastLouisiana andWest Tennessee; and after the battle of Harris-burg was called to take command of Hoods Corps of the armyat Atlanta. He remained in command of this corps till thecapitulation of General Johnstons army. He was active in organizing the United Confederate Vet-erans, and after service as major general of the Mississippi Di-vision was promoted in 1894 to the position of lieutenant gen-. The Stephen D. Lee Monument. Report of the Monumental Committee, U. C. V. 13 eral, commanding the department east of the Mississippi; laterbecoming commander of the Army of Tennessee the death of Commander-in-Chief General John B. Gor-don, January 9 1904, General Lee assumed command of theUnited Confederate Veterans for the remainder of the year,and was elected commanding general at the Nashville reunionJune 15, 1904, and thereafter administered the office with dis-tinguished ability until his death at Vicksburg, May 28, 1908. «
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