William Edward Lee (1843 - 1921)

Born 21 Sep 1843 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

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Died 6 Jun 1921 at age 77 in Acworth, Cobb, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Corporal William Lee served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: April 5, 1862
Mustered out: April 26, 1865
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Co. E, 36th Georgia Infantry Regiment

William was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1843. He served in the Confederate Army with Co. E, 36th Georgia Infantry Regiment during the Civil War and was wounded in action. He was promoted to first corporal in May of 1863 and captured at the fall of Vicksburg. Later, he managed to rejoin his unit and fought until the end of the war, surrendering in Greensboro, NC with Joseph E. Johnston’s Army of the Tennessee on April 26, 1865. After the war, the Reverend William E. Lee was the Moderator of the Pleasant Valley Baptist Association of Churches from 1899-1914. He passed away in 1921 at the age of 77.

Sources

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK3-Q96C : 13 December 2015), William E. Lee, 1921; Burial, Acworth, Cobb, Georgia, United States of America, Liberty Hill Cemetery; citing record ID 36388383, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• Muster Roll of Company E, 36th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry, Army of the Tennessee, C. S. A. Cherokee County, Georgia available at http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/cherokee/military/civilwar/rosters/coe36reg.txt
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMN-NRP : 13 December 2017), William Lee in entry for Andrew H Lee, 1860.