Thursday, May 3, 2012

Frank D. Lee, student 1859-1861

Frank D. Lee attended Randolph-Macon College from 1859 to 1861 when he joined Confederate service on June 22. He was 18 years old in 1861 and enlisted in Company H of the 16th Virginia Infantry at Sewell's Point, Virginia. On March 26, 1862, the 16th Virginia was reorganized as Norfolk Light Artillery. He was wounded during the siege of Petersburg on June 15, 1864 and then again in 1865, but when and where he was wounded is not stated. It is mentioned, however, that he was disabled as a result of his wounding.

The son of prominent methodist minister Leroy M. Lee, Frank was a reporter in Charleston, SC in 1870.  By 1880, he was working as a bookkeeper in Fulton County, GA. He is buried in Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, GA.

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