Show BY CHIM one of the lat last three surviving lieutenant generals of confederacy passes away was a graduate from west point and took a prominent part in the civil war was waa commander in chief of confederate veterans vicksburg aless 0 P stephen en D I 1 lee commander ln in calef of the united confederate veterans and one of the last three surviving lieutenant generals of tho the confederacy died here thursday at the residence of captain W T redby overexertion Overexert lon at the ceremonies attending upon the re union of iowa and wisconsin veterans ot of the 0 A R at vicksburg br brought ou about general lees illness general leo was born in south car lilina ablina in 1833 he received his appointment to the united states military academy at west point and graduated at that institution institute on receiving hie his com commission minion in the artillery at the outbreak of if thee the civil ivil war general lee resigned his commission in the united states army and entered the confederacy ho he served tho the confederate briny army in virginia until after the battle of antietam when lie he was ft as made a brigadier general and sent to vicks burg general lee played a prominent part in the siege of vicksburg and following the fall of that city was taken prisoner he was later exchanged and promoted to the rank of major general and ordered to the southwest ho he was subsequently assigned to the army of the tennessee with the rank of lieutenant general and served until the close of hostilities at the close of the war general era lee devoted himself to the education of southern youths as president of the mississippi agricultural find and mechanical college on the death of general john B D gordon general lee was wah unanimously chosen chasen corn com mander ln in eblem of the united confederate veterans and was wag always the most conspicuous figure at the annual reunions |