Fitzhugh Lee, Confederate Major General, 1 st Virginia Cavalry, Union Brigadier General,3 rd Divisio - Matthew Bullock Auctioneers

Fitzhugh Lee, Confederate Major General, 1 st Virginia Cavalry, Union Brigadier General,3 rd Divisio

Lot Number:40
Completed
Start Time:4/27/2024 2:00:00 PM
Bid Count:5
Starting Bid:$130.00
Bid Increment:$25.00
Current Bid:$300.00
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- Fitzhugh Lee, Confederate Major General, 1 st Virginia Cavalry, Union Brigadier General, 3 rd Division, 7 th Army Corps, Governor of Virginia, Nephew of General Robert E. Lee - Great Commanders General Lee by Fitzhugh Lee, D. Appleton and Company, 1901. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author. D. Appleton and Company; New York, 1901. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by author directly on front free endpaper. A Very Good, mint green cloth binding with gilt lettering and emblem on front board and gilt lettering on spine, binding a bit shaky, moderate handling/scuffing and soiling to boards and spine, bit of fraying to spine edges with small tears to spine edge buckram, sunning to spine, TEG with blemishes, deckle fore-edge and bottom text block edge, some age toning to pages, rubbing along board edges, starting hinges partially cracked, paperclip residue top margin pages 404-405, fold out map in rear present and intact, spine buckram separating from backing material, without Dust wrapper. A nice, overall clean and unmarked copy. 8vo [octavo or approx. 6 x 9], 433pp., indexed. From Wikipedia: Fitzhugh Lee joined the Confederate States Army as a lieutenant of cavalry and served at first as a staff officer to Brig. Gen. Richard Stoddert Ewell at the First Battle of Manassas. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the 1st Virginia Cavalry in September 1861, serving under Colonel Grumble Jones. Lee replaced Jones in March 1862, after the elections held in the regiment in accordance with the Confederate Conscripion Act of April 16, 1862. He was promoted to brigadier general on July 24, 1862. During the Northern Virginia Campaign, Fitzhugh Lee received notoriety by arriving late for a cavalry concentration, allowing U.S. Army cavalry to raid Stuart's headquarters and capture his famous plumed hat and cape. However, during the subsequent Confederate raid on Catletts Station, he captured the headquarters tent and dress uniform of U.S. Maj. Gen. John Pope. Fitzhugh Lee gave Pope's coat to Stuart as compensation for the hat he had lost. Fitzhugh Lee performed well in the Maryland Campaign of 1862, covering the Confederate infantry's withdrawal from South Mountain, delaying the U.S. Army advance to Sharpsburg, Maryland, before the Battle of Sharpsburg around Antietam Creek, and covering his army's recrossing of the Potomac River into Virginia. Stuart's cavalry made its second ride around the U.S. Army in the Chambersburg Raid before returning in time to screen Robert E. Lee's movement towards Fredericksburg, where the cavalry defended the extreme right of the Confederate line. Fitzhugh Lee conducted the cavalry action of Kelly's Ford (March 17, 1863) with skill and success, where his 400 troopers captured 150 men and horses with a loss of only 14 men. In the Battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863, Lee's reconnaissance found that the U.S. Army's right flank was in the air, which allowed the successful flanking attack by Maj. Gen. Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, a movement led by Fitzhugh Lees cavalry. After Chancellorsville, Lee was incapacitated by inflammatory rheumatism, missing a month of action, which included the significant cavalry operations at the Battle of Brandy Station. He recovered in time to lead a brigade in Jeb Stuart's third ride around the U.S. Army, in the early days of the Gettysburg Campaign, with his most significant contribution being at the Battle of Carlisle. During the Battle of Gettysburg, his brigade fought unsuccessfully at East Cavalry Field. Stuart's report singled out no officer in his command for praise except Fitz Lee, who he said was one of the finest cavalry leaders on the continent, and richly [entitled] to promotion. During the withdrawal from Gettysburg, Lee's brigade held the fords at Shepherdstown to prevent the U.S. Army from following across the Potomac River. Lee was promoted to major general on August 3, 1863, and continued to serve under Maj. Gen. Stuart's command, despite Stuart not receiving a promotion following his questionable conduct in the Gettysburg Campaign. While his uncle maneuvered the Army of Northern Virginia back into central Virginia, Lees division launched a successful ambush on U.S. Army cavalry at the Battle of Buckland Mills that fall. In the Overland Campaign the following spring, Lee was constantly employed as a divisional commander under Stuart. Following the Battle of the Wilderness, Lees cavalry division played a pivotal role in impeding the U.S. Army in its race to the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. While fighting at Spotsylvania, Gen. Stuart was detached from the army to thwart U.S. cavalry commander Phillip Sheridan's raid on Richmond. Stuart took Fitzhugh Lee's division with him. The mission ultimately ended in the mortal wounding of Gen. Stuart at the Battle of Yellow Tavern and Lee's inability to break through the United States Colored Troops defense of Fort Pocahontas in Charles City County and Fort Powhatan in Prince George County. After Stuarts death, Lee served under Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton. Hampton, who had been Lee's peer for much of the war, was promoted to replace Stuart due to his seniority and more significant experience; some observers at the time had cynically expected Robert E. Lees nephew to receive the command. At the Battle of Trevillian Station, Hamptons cavalry prevented Gen. Sheridans cavalry from aiding General David Hunters force in western Virginia, where it was sure to have inflicted significant damage on General Robert E. Lee's supply and communication lines. The battle also served to screen Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Earlys move from Richmond to aid Lynchburg, which Hunter was set to besiege. Hampton's cavalry corps shadowed Sheridan's return to Petersburg. Fitzhugh Lee subsequently joined Early for his campaign against Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, and at Third Winchester (September 19, 1864) three horses were shot under him, and he was severely wounded. When General Hampton was sent to assist General Joseph E. Johnston in North Carolina, the command of the whole of Robert E. Lees cavalry devolved upon Fitzhugh Lee on March 29, 1865, but the surrender at Appomattox followed quickly upon the opening of the campaign. Fitzhugh Lee himself led the last charge of the Confederates on April 9 that year at Farmville, Virginia. Fitzhugh Lee commanded the third division at President Grover Cleveland's inaugural parades in 1885 and 1893.[9] In April 1896, Lee was appointed consul-general at Havana by President Cleveland, with duties of a diplomatic and military character added to the usual consular business. In this post (in which he was retained by President William McKinley until 1898), he was the first called upon to deal with a situation of great difficulty, which culminated with the destruction of the warship USS Maine. Upon the declaration of war between Spain and the United States, he re-entered the army. He was one of four ex-Confederate general officers who were made major generals of United States Volunteers (the others being Matthew Butler, Joseph Wheeler, and Thomas L. Rosser). Fitzhugh Lee commanded the 7th Army Corps but took no part in the actual operations in Cuba. He was military governor of Havana and Pinar del Río in 1899, subsequently commanded the Department of the Missouri, and retired in 1901 as a brigadier general, U.S. Army.

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Shipping & Pick-Ups

Buyer Pays ALL Shipping Costs such as Postage, Materials, Handling, and Insurance. 

Local buyers may choose to pick up items instead of being shipped. 

We will ship to the address that is on your invoice. You must make sure your address is correct before beginning to bid. If for some reason you need to change the address on the invoice, you MUST submit a request by email to shipping@bullockauctioneers.com, and it must be approved by Matthew Bullock. We reserve the right to refuse your request and as such your items will be sent to the address on your invoice. 

Most items will be shipped by our in-house shipping team via USPS or UPS. 

We use Shipping Saint shipping software. After your items are paid for you will receive an email and text message regarding the shipping costs. This will be under the Shipping Saint company.  Once your shipping costs have been paid and your shipping label has been printed you will receive one last message with your tracking number.

If you are out-of-state, we will automatically ship your items out to you unless you tell us otherwise. 

 Some of our auctions are located off-site and as such, pick-ups will be held on certain days at the off-site auction location.  If an off-site auction occurs and you would like your items shipped to you, you must be willing to pay the transportation lot fee associated with bringing your items back to our gallery for shipping. The Transportation lot fee will be added to your invoice and the cost varies depending on the size per lot. 

Pick-up times are Tuesday through Friday 10-5, and Saturday by appointment only if necessary.  You do need to schedule an appointment to pick up your items.  An email and text will be sent out to schedule a day and time to come in. 

Storage Fees – Any items left at the gallery for more than 30 days following the sale will incur storage fees at a rate of $5.00 per lot, per day (this rate applies to all items regardless of size or value). Storage fees will begin on the 11th day regardless of payment status. Items remaining at our gallery 30 days after the auction date will be considered abandoned and may be consigned to a future auction without additional notice to the purchaser.