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Lee, Fitzhugh 1835- Military officer; born in Clermont, Va., Nov. 19, 1835; nephew of Gen. Robert E. Lee; graduated at the United States Military Academy in Fitzhugh Lee. 1856, and entered the army as second lieutenant of the 2d Cavalry. In 1860 he was appointed instructor of cavalry at West Point, and in 1861 he resigned his commission to become adjutant-general under Ewell, in the Confederate army. From September, 1861, to July, 1862, he was lieutenant-colonel and colonel of the 1st Virginia Cavalry, with which he took part in all the movements of the Army of Northern Virginia. He was then promoted brigadier-general, and, on Sept. 3, 1863, major-general. From March, 1865, until he surrendered to General Meade, at Farmville, he commanded the whole cavalry corps of the Army of Northern Virginia. In 1886-90 he was governor of Virginia. In 1896 President Cleveland appointed him United States consul-general at Havana, where he served till war was declared against Spain. In