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JAMES I. LEE
Mr. Lee was born in Tennessee on November 16, 1836, but has been a
resident of Virginia since childhood. He entered the Confederate States
Army in May, 1861, in Company F, 2d Virginia Cavalry, and from the
ranks was promoted corporal, then sergeant, then lieutenant. He
served till the close of the war, participating in more than forty engagements,
among them the battles of first and second Manassas, Sharpsburg,
Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor (where he had a horse
shot under him), Raccoon Ford, Brandy Station, Spotsylvania C. H.,
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descended from a family early settled in Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Lee
have two daughters: Alice A. and Mary G., and two sons: James I.,
jr., and Garnett O. Mr. Lee carries on an extensive wholesale grocery
business in Lynchburg.
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