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Sydney Smith Lee | |
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Born | Camden, New Jersey, U.S. | September 2, 1802
Died | July 22, 1869 Richland, Stafford County, U.S. | (aged 66)
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Allegiance | United States Confederate States |
Service | United States Navy Confederate States Navy |
Years of service | 1820–1861 (USN) 1861–1865 (CSN) |
Rank | Commander (USN) Captain (CSN) |
Commands | USS Mississippi Gosport Navy Yard CSN Bureau of Orders and Detail |
Battles / wars | Mexican War American Civil War |
Spouse(s) | Anne Marie Mason |
Relations | Fitzhugh Lee (son) Henry Lee III (father) Anne Hill Carter (mother) Robert E. Lee (brother) |
Sydney Smith Lee (September 2, 1802 – July 22, 1869), called Smith Lee in his lifetime, was an American naval officer who served as a captain in the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. He was the third child of Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee and Anne Hill Carter Lee, and the older brother of Confederate general Robert E. Lee.