Cabinet Card Fitzhugh Lee CIVIL War And Spanish American War General

  

CABINET CARD - FITZHUGH LEE - CIVIL WAR AND SPANISH AMERICAN WAR GENERAL. Cabinet card, 4 ¼ x 6 ½.

View of General Fitzhugh Lee. Period pencil notation on back of mont Gov.

Lee, o/w back of mount is blank. Fitzhugh Lee (1835 - 1905) was an American Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War, the 40th Governor of Virginia, diplomat, and United States Army general in the Spanish-American War. He was the nephew of Robert E. He was one of four ex-Confederate Army general officers who were made major generals of United States Volunteers; the others being Matthew Butler, Joseph Wheeler, and Thomas L.

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. He established his own studio on Pennsylvania Avenue in 1873. He became one of the most successful photographers in the city, and noted for his political figures and celebrities. Exhibits very light use and wear, overall fine.

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