Stephen D. Lee

Stephen D. Lee
Lee in uniform, c. 1862
Birth name	Stephen Dill Lee
Born	(1833-09-22)September 22, 1833 Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
Died	May 28, 1908(1908-05-28) (aged 74) Vicksburg, Mississippi U.S.
Buried	Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Mississippi U.S.
Allegiance	United States Confederate States
Service / branch	United States Army Confederate States Army
Years of service	1854-1861 (U.S.) 1861-1865 (C.S.)
Rank	First Lieutenant (U.S.) Lieutenant-General (C.S.)
Commands	Second Corps, Army of Tennessee
Battles / wars	American Civil War
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Stephen Dill Lee (September 22, 1833 – May 28, 1908) was an American officer in the Confederate Army, politician, and first president of Mississippi State University from 1880 to 1899.^[1] He served as lieutenant general of the Confederate States Army in the Eastern and Western theaters of the American Civil War.^[2]