Lieutenant General Stephen Dill Lee of the Hampton Legion South Carolina Infantry Battalion, 1st South Carolina Light Artillery Regiment; Co. A, Hampton Legion South Carolina Light Artillery Battery and Confederate States Infantry Regiment in uniform / from Perkins Gallery, formerly Tucker & Perkins, Augusta, Ga.

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Lieutenant General Stephen Dill Lee of the Hampton Legion South Carolina Infantry Battalion, 1st South Carolina Light Artillery Regiment; Co. A, Hampton Legion South Carolina Light Artillery Battery and Confederate States Infantry Regiment in uniform / from Perkins Gallery, formerly Tucker & Perkins, Augusta, Ga.

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Perkins, J. W. (John Weston), 1829-1906, photographer

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1861-1865

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A full-body portrait photograph of Confederate Colonel Stephen Dill Lee in uniform

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Colonel Stephen Dill Lee
(1833 - 1908)
Home State: South Carolina
Education: US Military Academy, West Point, NY, Class of 1854;Class Rank: 17/46
Command Billet: Artillery Battalion Commander
Branch of Service: Artillery
Unit: 2nd Battalion, Longstreet's Corps Artillery
On the Campaign-Commanded the 2nd Battalion of Longstreet's Corps Artillery which he deployed late on the 15th on the West side of Antietam Creek. He exchanged fire with the Federal batteries accross the creek on the 16th the fight becoming more intense as sundown approached. On the morning of the 17th he positioned his batteries on the high ground near the Dunkard Church, and was heavily engaged against the assaults of the Federal I and XII Corps through the Cornfield and to the West Woods. About 10AM, he was ordered to the vicinity of Sharpsburg in the face of Burnside's afternoon drive from the Lower Bridge, and was furiously engaged there as well.

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