William Henry Harrison Lee

First Name: William
Middle Name(s): Henry Harrison
Last Name: Lee
Unit: 
Co. H, 16th South Carolina Infantry
Rank: 
Private
Residence (County): 
Greenville County, SC
Biography: 

William Henry Harrison Lee (b. ca. 1841) was from Greenville District, South Carolina. He was married to an older widow, Mathursa Fowler Montgomery Lee (b. ca. 1825), and they cared for her previous marriage's children as well as their own. William served as a private in Co. H, 16th South Carolina Infantry (the Greenville Regiment). He enlisted on December 30, 1861 and died “of fever” in a hosptial at Meridian, Mississippi in August 1863. Mathursa appears to have remarried after his death.

Authored Letters

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ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
11169 Lee1 May 15, 1863 William Henry Harrison Lee Mathursa Lee Lauderdale County, MS SC
11170 Lee2 May 18, 1863 William Henry Harrison Lee Mathursa Lee MS SC
11171 Lee3 June 1, 1863 William Henry Harrison Lee Mathursa Lee Yazoo County, MS SC
11172 Lee4 June 17, 1863 William Henry Harrison Lee , John Garner Fowler Mathursa Lee Madison County, MS SC
11173 Lee5 June 23, 1863 William Henry Harrison Lee Mathursa Lee Madison County, MS SC

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