• General Notes

  [316552.ftw]
  
  ALIA Lighthorse /Harry/
  Lee, Henry (1756-1818), American military leader and politician, a brilliant cavalry commande r during the American Revolution. He was a cousin of Arthur and Francis Lee, born near Dumfri es, Virginia,  and educated at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University). Called L ighthorse Harry Lee, he earned his nickname for his frequent successes as an outpost leader . In 1775 Lee joined the Virginia cavalry as a captain, and two years later he was transferre d to the Continental army unit of General George Washington in Pennsylvania. He was promote d to major for valor in battle in  January 1778 and was placed in command of two troops of ho rse, a force later increased by another troop of horse and one of infantry. Lee showed a mast erly command of guerrilla tactics in his use of  this force, harassing the British both on th e march and in camp. His capture of Paulus Hook (now Jersey City), New Jersey, which he too k in a surprise raid on August 19, 1779, is regarded as one of  the most brilliant exploits o f the war. Lee was rewarded for this coup by promotion to the rank of lieutenant colonel, an d Congress awarded him a gold medal. In 1780-81 he operated in the Carolinas  in support of G eneral Nathanael Greene and his Army of the South in the Carolinas, covering, by his ceaseles s stinging forays against the British, Greene's retreat across North Carolina to Virginia.  L ee resigned his commission because of ill health in 1781. From 1785 to 1788, as a member of t he Continental Congress, he supported the adoption of the U.S. Constitution. He was governo r of Virginia  from 1791 to 1794 and served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1799 t o 1801. It was Lee who, in 1799, before both houses of Congress, delivered the funeral oratio n on George Washington,  originating the now familiar phrase: First in war, first in peace , first in the hearts of his countrymen. He wrote Memoirs of the War in the Southern Departm ent (1812).
  "Lee, Henry," Copyright(c) 1994 Microsoft Corporation. Copyright(c) 1994 Funk & Wagnall's Cor poration.
  General - "Light Horse Harry"   died en route back from Barbados, where he had been since 181 4
  
  ALIA Lighthorse /Harry/
  Lee, Henry (1756-1818), American military leader and politician, a brilliant cavalry commande r during the American Revolution. He was a cousin of Arthur and Francis Lee, born near Dumfri es, Virginia,  and educated at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University). Called L ighthorse Harry Lee, he earned his nickname for his frequent successes as an outpost leader . In 1775 Lee joined the  Virginia cavalry as a captain, and two years later he was transferr ed to the Continental army unit of General George Washington in Pennsylvania. He was promote d to major for valor in battle in  January 1778 and was placed in command of two troops of ho rse, a force later increased by another troop of horse and one of infantry. Lee showed a mast erly command of guerrilla tactics in his use of  this force, harassing the British both on th e march and in camp. His capture of Paulus Hook (now Jersey City), New Jersey, which he too k in a surprise raid on August 19, 1779, is regarded as one of  the most brilliant exploits o f the war. Lee was rewarded for this coup by promotion to the rank of lieutenant colonel, an d Congress awarded him a gold medal. In 1780-81 he operated in the Carolinas  in support of G eneral Nathanael Greene and his Army of the South in the Carolinas, covering, by his ceaseles s stinging forays against the British, Greene's retreat across North Carolina to Virginia .   Lee resigned his commission because of ill health in 1781. From 1785 to 1788, as a membe r of the Continental Congress, he supported the adoption of the U.S. Constitution. He was gov ernor of Virginia  from 1791 to 1794 and served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 179 9 to 1801. It was Lee who, in 1799, before both houses of Congress, delivered the funeral ora tion on George Washington, originating the now familiar phrase: First in war, first in peace , first in the hearts of his countrymen. He wrote Memoirs of the War in the Southern Departm ent (1812).
  "Lee, Henry," Copyright(c) 1994 Microsoft Corporation. Copyright(c) 1994 Funk & Wagnall's Cor poration.

Details of Henry 'Light-Horse Harry''s family with Ann Hill CARTER

Details of Henry 'Light-Horse Harry''s family with Latilda LEE