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Fitzhugh Lee

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Fitzhugh Lee (1835-1905) was the nephew of Robert E. Lee. He resigned as West Point cavalry instructor when Virginia seceded. He was a Confederate cavalry general, the 40th Governor of Virginia, consul-general to Havana, Cuba under President Grover Cleveland, and U.S. Army general in the Spanish-American War.

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