Lot
2802 
Confederacy, Lexington, Va./Aug. 27. Blue cds with matching blue "Paid 5" in large circle rate handstamp on cover addressed to "Major E.G. Lee, Care Col. A.C. Cummings, 33rd Regt. Va. Vol., Manassas Junction, Va.", slightly reduced at right & minor edge aging, Fine. Estimate $150 - 200.
Edwin Gray Lee was born in Virginia on May 27, 1836. He attended school and graduated from William and Mary College in 1852.
He entered the Confederate Army with the Virginia Infantry, and following the Battle of Bull Run, was promoted to major and then lieutenant colonel. Lee was involved in the Seven Days battles, Second Manassas and Cedar Mountain. He was captured at Sharpsburg. Paroled on September 26, 1862, he rejoined his unit and led the Virginia Infantry at the Battle of Fredericksburg on Dec. 13, 1862. He resigned soon thereafter due to his bad health.
When his health recovered he rejoined the Confederate cause as a colonel where he served on the staff of Gen. Robert Ransom Jr., who was in charge of the defense of Richmond. In late spring, 1864, he took up command at Staunton and with troops he recruited for the defense of the Shenandoah Valley, he fought at the Battle of Piedmont, June 5, 1864. For his efforts at Staunton, Lee was promoted to brigadier general on Sept. 23, 1864.
Lee found no cure for his persistent lung disease and he died at Yellow Sulphur Springs on Aug. 24, 1870.
Realized: $325