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For many other individuals with similar names, see <a href="/wiki/Harry_Lee_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Harry Lee (disambiguation)">Harry Lee</a> or <a href="/wiki/Henry_Lee_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Henry Lee (disambiguation)">Henry Lee</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Henry Lee III</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:HenryLee.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/HenryLee.jpeg/220px-HenryLee.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/HenryLee.jpeg/330px-HenryLee.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/HenryLee.jpeg/440px-HenryLee.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="564" data-file-height="642" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Posthumous portrait by <a href="/wiki/William_Edward_West" title="William Edward West">William Edward West</a>, (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1838</span>), after an original 18th century painting</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">9th <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">Governor of Virginia</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />December 1, 1791 – December 1, 1794</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Beverley_Randolph" title="Beverley Randolph">Beverley Randolph</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Brooke_(Virginia_governor)" title="Robert Brooke (Virginia governor)">Robert Brooke</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from Virginia's <span data-sort-value="Virginia19 !"><a href="/wiki/Virginia%27s_19th_congressional_district" title="Virginia's 19th congressional district">19th</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Jones_(congressman)" class="mw-redirect" title="Walter Jones (congressman)">Walter Jones</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Taliaferro" title="John Taliaferro">John Taliaferro</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Delegate to the <a href="/wiki/Confederation_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Confederation Congress">Confederation Congress</a> from Virginia</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1786–1788</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Monroe" title="James Monroe">James Monroe</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1756-01-29</span>)</span>January 29, 1756<br /><a href="/wiki/Leesylvania_(plantation)" title="Leesylvania (plantation)">Leesylvania</a> near <a href="/wiki/Dumfries,_Virginia" title="Dumfries, Virginia">Dumfries</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prince_William_County,_Virginia" title="Prince William County, Virginia">Prince William County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Virginia" title="Colony of Virginia">Virginia</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_America" title="British America">British America</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">March 25, 1818<span style="display:none">(1818-03-25)</span> (aged 62)<br /><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Island" title="Cumberland Island">Cumberland Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/University_Chapel" title="University Chapel">University Chapel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federalist Party (United States)">Federalist</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Matilda Ludwell Lee</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1782; died 1790)<wbr /></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Anne_Hill_Carter_Lee" title="Anne Hill Carter Lee">Anne Hill Carter</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="June 18, 1793">1793</span>)<wbr /></div></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">9, including <a href="/wiki/Henry_Lee_IV" title="Henry Lee IV">Henry IV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Smith_Lee" title="Sydney Smith Lee">Sydney</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Lee" title="Robert E. Lee">Robert</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Lee_II" title="Henry Lee II">Henry Lee II</a> (father)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data">See <a href="/wiki/Lee_family" title="Lee family">Lee family</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">College of New Jersey</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Henry_Lee_III_Signature.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Henry Lee III's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Henry_Lee_III_Signature.svg/128px-Henry_Lee_III_Signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Henry_Lee_III_Signature.svg/192px-Henry_Lee_III_Signature.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Henry_Lee_III_Signature.svg/256px-Henry_Lee_III_Signature.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="179" data-file-height="49" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nickname</th><td class="infobox-data">"Light-Horse Harry"</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a> (CA)</li><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> (USA)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>1776–1783 (CA)</li><li>1798–1800 (USA)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant colonel (United States)">Lieutenant colonel</a> (CA)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">Major general</a> (USA)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1116488514">.mw-parser-output .treeview ul{padding:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .treeview li{padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none;list-style-image:none}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li{background:url("https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Treeview-grey-line.png")no-repeat 0 -2981px;padding-left:21px;text-indent:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li:last-child{background-position:0 -5971px}.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>.mw-empty-elt:first-child+.emptyline,.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>li:first-child{background-position:0 9px}</style><div class="treeview"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Edgar%27s_Lane" title="Battle of Edgar's Lane">Battle of Edgar's Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Paulus_Hook" title="Battle of Paulus Hook">Battle of Paulus Hook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Summerfield" title="Battle of Summerfield">Battle of Summerfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyle%27s_Massacre" title="Pyle's Massacre">Battle of Haw River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Guilford_Court_House" title="Battle of Guilford Court House">Battle of Guilford Court House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Fort_Watson" title="Siege of Fort Watson">Siege of Fort Watson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Ninety_Six" title="Siege of Ninety Six">Siege of Ninety Six</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Eutaw_Springs" title="Battle of Eutaw Springs">Battle of Eutaw Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Yorktown" title="Siege of Yorktown">Siege of Yorktown</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion" title="Whiskey Rebellion">Whiskey Rebellion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Henry Lee III</b> (January 29, 1756 – March 25, 1818) was an early American <a href="/wiki/Patriot_(American_Revolution)" title="Patriot (American Revolution)">Patriot</a> and politician who served as the ninth <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">Governor of Virginia</a> and as the Virginia <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">Representative</a> to the United States Congress. Lee's service during the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">cavalry</a> officer in the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a> earned him the nickname by which he is best known, "Light-Horse Harry".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the father of Confederate general <a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Lee" title="Robert E. Lee">Robert E. Lee</a>, who led the Army of Northern Virginia against the Union Army during the American Civil War. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Lee_III&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lee was born on <a href="/wiki/Leesylvania_(plantation)" title="Leesylvania (plantation)">Leesylvania Plantation</a> in <a href="/wiki/Prince_William_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince William County">Prince William County</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Virginia" title="Colony of Virginia">Colony of Virginia</a>. He was the son of <a href="/wiki/Henry_Lee_II" title="Henry Lee II">Col. Henry Lee II</a> (1730–1787) of "<a href="/wiki/Leesylvania_(plantation)" title="Leesylvania (plantation)">Leesylvania</a>" and Lucy Grymes (1734–1792). His father was the first cousin of <a href="/wiki/Richard_Henry_Lee" title="Richard Henry Lee">Richard Henry Lee</a>, twelfth <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Continental_Congress" title="President of the Continental Congress">President of the Continental Congress</a>. His mother was an aunt of the wife of <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Governor" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Governor">Virginia Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Nelson_Jr." title="Thomas Nelson Jr.">Thomas Nelson Jr.</a> His great-grandmother Mary Bland was also a grand aunt of President <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a>. Lee was the grandson of <a href="/wiki/Henry_Lee_I" title="Henry Lee I">Henry Lee I</a> (1691–1747), a great-grandson of <a href="/wiki/Richard_Bland_(burgess)" title="Richard Bland (burgess)">Richard Bland</a>, and a great-great-grandson of <a href="/wiki/William_Randolph" title="William Randolph">William Randolph</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDillon1903liv-lv_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDillon1903liv-lv-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also a descendant of <a href="/wiki/Theodorick_Bland_of_Westover" title="Theodorick Bland of Westover">Theodorick Bland of Westover</a> and Governor <a href="/wiki/Richard_Bennett_(Governor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Bennett (Governor)">Richard Bennett</a>. </p><p>Lee graduated from the College of New Jersey (now <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a>) in 1773 and began pursuing a legal career. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Lee_III&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_Revolutionary_War">American Revolutionary War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Lee_III&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: American Revolutionary War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Letter_of_Henry_Lee_to_Shreve_1780.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Letter_of_Henry_Lee_to_Shreve_1780.jpg/220px-Letter_of_Henry_Lee_to_Shreve_1780.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="373" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Letter_of_Henry_Lee_to_Shreve_1780.jpg/330px-Letter_of_Henry_Lee_to_Shreve_1780.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Letter_of_Henry_Lee_to_Shreve_1780.jpg/440px-Letter_of_Henry_Lee_to_Shreve_1780.jpg 2x" data-file-width="573" data-file-height="971" /></a><figcaption>A May 12, 1780 letter from Lee to <a href="/wiki/Israel_Shreve" title="Israel Shreve">Israel Shreve</a></figcaption></figure> <p>With the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord" title="Battles of Lexington and Concord">Battles of Lexington and Concord</a> in 1775, Lee became a <a href="/wiki/Captain_(land)" class="mw-redirect" title="Captain (land)">captain</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Dragoon" title="Dragoon">dragoon</a> detachment in the <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Virginia" title="Colony of Virginia">Colony of Virginia</a>, which was attached to the <a href="/wiki/1st_Continental_Light_Dragoons" title="1st Continental Light Dragoons">1st Continental Light Dragoons</a>. </p><p>In 1778, Lee was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Major_(United_States)" title="Major (United States)">major</a> and given the command of a mixed corps of cavalry and infantry known as <a href="/wiki/Lee%27s_Legion" title="Lee's Legion">Lee's Legion</a>, with which he won a great reputation as a capable leader of light troops. At the time, highly mobile groups of light cavalry provided valuable service not only during major battles but also by conducting reconnaissance and surveillance, engaging the enemy during troop movements, disrupting the delivery of supplies, raiding and skirmishing, and organizing expeditions behind enemy lines;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHinde1778_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHinde1778-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaythornthwaiteHook2013_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHaythornthwaiteHook2013-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> part of such tactics now are known as <a href="/wiki/Guerrilla_warfare" title="Guerrilla warfare">guerrilla warfare</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maneuver_warfare" title="Maneuver warfare">maneuver warfare</a>. In August, Lee led a detachment on a raid on a British fort, culminating in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Paulus_Hook" title="Battle of Paulus Hook">Battle of Paulus Hook</a> in New Jersey on August 19, in which 50 enemy soldiers were killed or wounded and 158 captured, while the Americans suffered two dead, three wounded and seven captured. (Despite his success, some of his fellow officers saw to it he was brought before a <a href="/wiki/Court_martial" class="mw-redirect" title="Court martial">court martial</a> on eight charges, over George Washington's disapproval; he was acquitted on all counts.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECecere2019_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECecere2019-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) In September of the same year, Lee commanded a unit of dragoons which defeated a Hessian regiment at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Edgar%27s_Lane" title="Battle of Edgar's Lane">Battle of Edgar's Lane</a>. </p><p>During his time as commander of the Legion, Lee earned the moniker of "Light-Horse Harry" for his horsemanship. On September 22, 1779, the Continental Congress voted to present Lee with a gold medal, an honor given to no other officer below the rank of general, for the Legion's actions during the Battle of Paulus Hook.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lee was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel" title="Lieutenant colonel">lieutenant colonel</a> and was assigned with his Legion to the southern theater of war. Lee's Legion attacked a British outpost at <a href="/wiki/Georgetown,_South_Carolina" title="Georgetown, South Carolina">Georgetown, South Carolina</a> along side General <a href="/wiki/Francis_Marion" title="Francis Marion">Francis Marion</a> in January 1781 and helped screen the British Army in its race to the Dan River the following month. Lee united with General Francis Marion and General <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Pickens_(congressman)" title="Andrew Pickens (congressman)">Andrew Pickens</a> in the spring of 1781 to capture several British outposts in South Carolina and Georgia, including <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Fort_Watson" title="Siege of Fort Watson">Fort Watson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Motte" title="Fort Motte">Fort Motte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Granby,_South_Carolina" title="Granby, South Carolina">Fort Granby</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Galphin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fort Galphin (page does not exist)">Fort Galphin</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Grierson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fort Grierson (page does not exist)">Fort Grierson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Augusta,_Georgia" title="Augusta, Georgia">Fort Cornwallis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBoyd1931_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBoyd1931-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lee and his legion also served at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Guilford_Court_House" title="Battle of Guilford Court House">Battle of Guilford Court House</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Ninety-Six" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Ninety-Six">Siege of Ninety-Six</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Eutaw_Springs" title="Battle of Eutaw Springs">Battle of Eutaw Springs</a>. He was present at <a href="/wiki/Charles_Cornwallis,_1st_Marquess_Cornwallis" title="Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis">Charles Cornwallis</a>'s surrender at <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Yorktown_(1781)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Yorktown (1781)">Yorktown</a> but left the Army shortly after, claiming fatigue and disappointment with his treatment from fellow officers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-war_career">Post-war career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Lee_III&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Post-war career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Henry_Lee_House,_611_North_Cameron_Street,_Alexandria.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Henry_Lee_House%2C_611_North_Cameron_Street%2C_Alexandria.jpg/220px-Henry_Lee_House%2C_611_North_Cameron_Street%2C_Alexandria.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Henry_Lee_House%2C_611_North_Cameron_Street%2C_Alexandria.jpg/330px-Henry_Lee_House%2C_611_North_Cameron_Street%2C_Alexandria.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Henry_Lee_House%2C_611_North_Cameron_Street%2C_Alexandria.jpg/440px-Henry_Lee_House%2C_611_North_Cameron_Street%2C_Alexandria.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1056" data-file-height="1408" /></a><figcaption>Lee's house in <a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia" title="Alexandria, Virginia">Alexandria, Virginia</a></figcaption></figure> <p>From 1786 to 1788, Lee was a delegate to the <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_the_Confederation" title="Congress of the Confederation">Congress of the Confederation</a>. In 1788, he served in the Virginia convention and supported ratifying the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Constitution">United States Constitution</a>. From 1789 to 1791, he served in the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_General_Assembly" title="Virginia General Assembly">Virginia General Assembly</a>, and from 1791 to 1794, he was <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Virginia">Governor of Virginia</a>. <a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_Virginia" title="Lee County, Virginia">A new county of Virginia</a> was named after him during his governorship.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1794, President <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> summoned Lee to suppress the <a href="/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion" title="Whiskey Rebellion">Whiskey Rebellion</a> in western Pennsylvania. Lee commanded the 12,950 militiamen sent to quash the rebels; there was no fighting because of a peaceful surrender.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1798, in anticipation of a war with France, Henry Lee was appointed a <a href="/wiki/Major_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Major General">major general</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a>. </p><p>At Washington's funeral on December 26, 1799, Lee famously <a href="/wiki/Eulogy" title="Eulogy">eulogized</a> him to a crowd of 4,000 as "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1799 to 1801, he served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party" title="Federalist Party">Federalist Party</a>. After retiring from public service in 1801, he lived with his family at <a href="/wiki/Stratford_Hall_(plantation)" title="Stratford Hall (plantation)">Stratford Hall</a> and unsuccessfully tried to manage his plantation. The <a href="/wiki/Panic_of_1796%E2%80%931797" title="Panic of 1796–1797">Panic of 1796–1797</a> and bankruptcy of <a href="/wiki/Robert_Morris_(financier)" title="Robert Morris (financier)">Robert Morris</a> reduced Lee's fortune. </p><p>In 1808, he was recommissioned by President <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a> as major-general when war with Great Britain was imminent; Lee organized the Virginia militia. In 1809, he became bankrupt and served one year in <a href="/wiki/Debtors%27_prison" title="Debtors' prison">debtors' prison</a> in <a href="/wiki/Montross,_Virginia" title="Montross, Virginia">Montross, Virginia</a>; his son, Robert Lee, was two years old at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After release, Lee moved his family to <a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia" title="Alexandria, Virginia">Alexandria, Virginia</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_life_and_death">Later life and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Lee_III&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Later life and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He asked President <a href="/wiki/James_Madison" title="James Madison">James Madison</a> for a commission at the onset of the <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a> but without success. In 1812 he published his <i>Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States</i>, where he summarized his military experiences during the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">Revolutionary War</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/1812_Baltimore_riots" title="1812 Baltimore riots">civil unrest in Baltimore, Maryland in 1812</a>, Lee received grave injuries while helping to resist an attack on his friend, <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Contee_Hanson" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Contee Hanson">Alexander Contee Hanson</a>, editor of the Baltimore newspaper, <i>The Federal Republican</i> on July 27, 1812. Hanson was attacked by a <a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party" title="Democratic-Republican Party">Democratic-Republican</a> mob because his paper opposed the <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>. Lee, Hanson, and two dozen other Federalists had taken refuge in the paper's offices. The group surrendered to Baltimore city officials the next day and was jailed.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="who was "the group", and why were they jailed? (December 2020)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Laborer George Woolslager led a mob that forced its way into the jail and removed the Federalists, beating and torturing them over the next three hours. All were severely injured, and one Federalist, <a href="/wiki/James_Lingan" title="James Lingan">James Lingan</a>, died.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGilje1980_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGilje1980-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lee suffered extensive internal injuries and head and face wounds, and even his speech was affected. His observed symptoms were consistent with what is now called <a href="/wiki/Post-traumatic_stress_disorder" title="Post-traumatic stress disorder">post-traumatic stress disorder</a>. After an unsuccessful recovery at home, he sailed to the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">West Indies</a> to recuperate from his injuries. On his way back to Virginia, he died on March 25, 1818, at <a href="/wiki/Dungeness_(Cumberland_Island,_Georgia)" title="Dungeness (Cumberland Island, Georgia)">Dungeness</a>, on <a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Island" title="Cumberland Island">Cumberland Island</a>, Georgia, cared for by <a href="/wiki/Nathanael_Greene" title="Nathanael Greene">Nathanael Greene</a>'s daughter Louisa. "Light-Horse Harry" was buried with full military honors, provided by an American fleet stationed near <a href="/wiki/St._Marys,_Georgia" title="St. Marys, Georgia">St. Marys, Georgia</a>, in a small cemetery at Dungeness. In 1913, his remains were moved to the Lee family crypt at <a href="/wiki/University_Chapel" title="University Chapel">University Chapel</a>, on the campus of <a href="/wiki/Washington_%26_Lee_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington & Lee University">Washington & Lee University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Virginia" title="Lexington, Virginia">Lexington, Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_family">Personal life and family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Lee_III&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life and family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Between April 8 and 13, 1782, at <a href="/wiki/Stratford_Hall_(plantation)" title="Stratford Hall (plantation)">Stratford Hall</a>, Lee married his second cousin, Matilda Ludwell Lee (1764–1790), who was known as "the Divine Matilda". She was the daughter of Philip Ludwell Lee Sr. and Elizabeth Steptoe. Matilda had three children before she died in 1790: </p> <ul><li>Philip Ludwell Lee (1784–1794)</li> <li>Lucy Grymes Lee (1786–1860)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Lee_IV" title="Henry Lee IV">Henry Lee IV</a> (May 28, 1787 – January 30, 1837) was a historian and author who also served as a speechwriter for both <a href="/wiki/John_C._Calhoun" title="John C. Calhoun">John C. Calhoun</a> and presidential candidate <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson">Andrew Jackson</a>, also helping the latter to write his inaugural address.</li></ul> <p>On June 18, 1793, Lee married the wealthy <a href="/wiki/Anne_Hill_Carter_Lee" title="Anne Hill Carter Lee">Anne Hill Carter</a> (1773–1829) at <a href="/wiki/Shirley_Plantation" title="Shirley Plantation">Shirley Plantation</a>. Anne was the daughter of Charles Carter, <a href="/wiki/Esq." class="mw-redirect" title="Esq.">Esq.</a>, of Shirley, and his wife Ann Butler Moore. According to Winston Fontaine's research, Anne Moore's paternal pedigree dates back to Sir <a href="/wiki/Thomas_More" title="Thomas More">Thomas More</a>. Her mother, Anne Katherine, was the daughter of Virginia Governor <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Spotswood" title="Alexander Spotswood">Alexander Spotswood</a>, who was the great-grandson of John Spotswood and Rachel Lindsay; Rachelle's ancestors were <a href="/wiki/David_Lindsay,_1st_Earl_of_Crawford" title="David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Crawford">David Lindsay, 1st Earl of Crawford</a>, and Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of King <a href="/wiki/Robert_II_of_Scotland" title="Robert II of Scotland">Robert II of Scotland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had six children: </p> <ul><li>Algernon Sidney Lee (April 2, 1795 – August 9, 1796), died at <a href="/wiki/Sully_(Fairfax_County,_Virginia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sully (Fairfax County, Virginia)">Sully</a> Plantation, buried there in an unmarked grave<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGamble197340_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGamble197340-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Charles Carter Lee (1798–1871)</li> <li>Anne Kinloch Lee (1800–1864)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Smith_Lee" title="Sydney Smith Lee">Sydney Smith Lee</a> (1802–1869)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Lee" title="Robert E. Lee">Robert Edward Lee</a> (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870), the fifth child of Henry and Anne, served as <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_Army" title="Confederate States Army">Confederate</a> general-in-chief during the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>.</li> <li>Mildred Lee (1811–1856)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Lee_III&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to screenwriter <a href="/wiki/Robert_Rodat" title="Robert Rodat">Robert Rodat</a>, the fictional character of Colonel Harry Burwell in the 2000 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Patriot_(2000_film)" title="The Patriot (2000 film)">The Patriot</a></i> was inspired by the historical exploits of Henry Lee.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1969 musical <i><a href="/wiki/1776_(musical)" title="1776 (musical)">1776</a></i>, Lee's nickname is mentioned (anachronistically) during the song "The Lees of Old Virginia," sung by the character of his older cousin <a href="/wiki/Richard_Henry_Lee" title="Richard Henry Lee">Richard Henry Lee</a>. </p><p>Henry Lee III was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_the_Cincinnati" title="Society of the Cincinnati">Society of the Cincinnati</a> in the State of Virginia.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Lee_III&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Lee, Henry, and Robert E. Lee. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/memoirsofwarin02leeh#page/n11/mode/2up"><i>Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States. Eyewitness accounts of the American Revolution</i></a>. Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep, 1812. (3rd ed. published in 1869, with a memoir by his son Robert E. Lee.)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Lee_III&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lighthorse_Harry_Lee_Cabin" title="Lighthorse Harry Lee Cabin">Lighthorse Harry Lee Cabin</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Lee_III&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In the military parlance of the time, the term "Light-horse" had a hyphen between the two words "light" and "horse". See the title page of <i>The Discipline of the Light-Horse. By Captain Hinde, of the Royal Regiment of Foresters, (Light-Dragoons.)</i> published in London in 1778, a <a href="/wiki/Cavalry_tactics" title="Cavalry tactics">cavalry tactics</a> classic which was used as a manual.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Lee_III&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDillon1903liv-lv-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDillon1903liv-lv_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDillon1903">Dillon 1903</a>, liv-lv.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHinde1778-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHinde1778_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHinde1778">Hinde 1778</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHaythornthwaiteHook2013-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaythornthwaiteHook2013_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHaythornthwaiteHook2013">Haythornthwaite & Hook 2013</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECecere2019-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECecere2019_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCecere2019">Cecere 2019</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The medal, which is silver, finally presented to Lee is now held in <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a>'s Numismatic Collection. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 20,</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Discipline+of+the+Light-Horse&rft.place=London&rft.pub=W.Owen&rft.date=1778&rft.aulast=Hinde&rft.aufirst=Captain+Robert&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DjB5EAAAAYAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHenry+Lee+III" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="hogeland" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/William_Hogeland" title="William Hogeland">Hogeland, William</a> (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=uStBCgAAQBAJ"><i>The Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier Rebels Who Challenged America's Newfound Sovereignty</i></a>. New York: Scribner's. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4391-9329-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4391-9329-7"><bdi>978-1-4391-9329-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Whiskey+Rebellion%3A+George+Washington%2C+Alexander+Hamilton%2C+and+the+Frontier+Rebels+Who+Challenged+America%27s+Newfound+Sovereignty&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Scribner%27s&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-1-4391-9329-7&rft.aulast=Hogeland&rft.aufirst=William&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DuStBCgAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHenry+Lee+III" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Lee_III&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation archive"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/lva/vi00865.xml.frame">A Guide to the Governor Henry Lee Executive Papers, 1791–1794</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lva.virginia.gov/">The Library of Virginia</a>.</cite></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHerrera2015" class="citation journal cs1">Herrera, Ricardo A. (2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.academia.edu/9978659">"(T)he Zealous Activity of Capt. Lee: Light-Horse Harry Lee and Petite Guerre"</a>. <i>Journal of Military History</i>. <b>79</b>: 9–36.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Military+History&rft.atitle=%28T%29he+Zealous+Activity+of+Capt.+Lee%3A+Light-Horse+Harry+Lee+and+Petite+Guerre&rft.volume=79&rft.pages=9-36&rft.date=2015&rft.aulast=Herrera&rft.aufirst=Ricardo+A.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.academia.edu%2F9978659&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHenry+Lee+III" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRoyster1978" class="citation book cs1">Royster, Charles (1978). <i>Light-Horse Harry Lee and the Legacy of the American Revolutionary War</i>. Williamsburg, Va.: Institute of Early American History and Culture.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Light-Horse+Harry+Lee+and+the+Legacy+of+the+American+Revolutionary+War&rft.place=Williamsburg%2C+Va.&rft.pub=Institute+of+Early+American+History+and+Culture&rft.date=1978&rft.aulast=Royster&rft.aufirst=Charles&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHenry+Lee+III" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSherman" class="citation book cs1">Sherman, William Thomas (ed.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/LeesLegionRemembered/leeslegion"><i>Lee's Legion Remembered: Profiles of the 2d Partisan Corps</i></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Lee%27s+Legion+Remembered%3A+Profiles+of+the+2d+Partisan+Corps&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2FLeesLegionRemembered%2Fleeslegion&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHenry+Lee+III" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGerson1966" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Noel_Gerson" title="Noel Gerson">Gerson, Noel B.</a> (1966). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/lighthorseharry0000gers/"><i>Light-Horse Harry: A Biography of Washington's Great Cavalryman, General Henry Lee</i></a></span>. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Light-Horse+Harry%3A+A+Biography+of+Washington%27s+Great+Cavalryman%2C+General+Henry+Lee&rft.place=Garden+City%2C+N.Y.&rft.pub=Doubleday+Press&rft.date=1966&rft.aulast=Gerson&rft.aufirst=Noel+B.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Flighthorseharry0000gers%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHenry+Lee+III" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLeeLee1839" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Lee_IV" title="Henry Lee IV">Lee, Henry</a>; Lee, Charles Carter (1839). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4ncEAAAAYAAJ&q=navy"><i>Observations on the writings of Thomas Jefferson, with Particularx reference to the attack they contain on the memory of the late Gen. Henry Lee</i></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Observations+on+the+writings+of+Thomas+Jefferson%2C+with+Particularx+reference+to+the+attack+they+contain+on+the+memory+of+the+late+Gen.+Henry+Lee&rft.date=1839&rft.aulast=Lee&rft.aufirst=Henry&rft.au=Lee%2C+Charles+Carter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D4ncEAAAAYAAJ%26q%3Dnavy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHenry+Lee+III" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChisholm1911" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Chisholm" title="Hugh Chisholm">Chisholm, Hugh</a>, ed. 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Cambridge University Press. p. 361.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Lee%2C+Henry&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&rft.pages=361&rft.edition=11th&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1911&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHenry+Lee+III" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Lee_III&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Virginia_Company_of_London" title="Virginia Company of London">Virginia Company</a><br /> proprietary colony</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Maria_Wingfield" title="Edward Maria Wingfield">Wingfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ratcliffe_(governor)" title="John Ratcliffe (governor)">Ratcliffe</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Scrivener" title="Matthew Scrivener">Scrivener</a> (acting)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Smith_(explorer)" title="John Smith (explorer)">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Percy_(governor)" title="George Percy (governor)">Percy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Gates_(governor)" title="Thomas Gates (governor)">Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_West,_3rd_Baron_De_La_Warr" title="Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr">T. West (De La Warr)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Dale" title="Thomas Dale">Dale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Yeardley" title="George Yeardley">Yeardley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Argall" title="Samuel Argall">Argall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Wyatt" title="Francis Wyatt">Wyatt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_West" title="Francis West">F. West</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/John_Pott" title="John Pott">Pott</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Crown colony</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Harvey_(Virginia_governor)" title="John Harvey (Virginia governor)">Harvey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_West_(governor)" title="John West (governor)">J. West</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/George_Reade_(colonial_governor)" title="George Reade (colonial governor)">Reade</a> (acting)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Berkeley_(governor)" title="William Berkeley (governor)">Berkeley</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Jeffreys_(colonial_governor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Herbert Jeffreys (colonial governor)">Jeffreys</a> (acting)</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Kemp_(governor)" title="Richard Kemp (governor)">Kemp</a> (acting)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bennett_(governor)" title="Richard Bennett (governor)">Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Digges" title="Edward Digges">Digges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Matthews_(captain)" title="Samuel Matthews (captain)">Mathews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Colepeper,_2nd_Baron_Colepeper" title="Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper">Colepeper</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Chicheley" title="Henry Chicheley">Chicheley</a> (acting)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Howard,_5th_Baron_Howard_of_Effingham" title="Francis Howard, 5th Baron Howard of Effingham">Howard of Effingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Andros" title="Edmund Andros">Andros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Nicholson" title="Francis Nicholson">Nicholson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Nott" title="Edward Nott">Nott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Jenings_(governor)" title="Edmund Jenings (governor)">Jenings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hunter_(colonial_administrator)" title="Robert Hunter (colonial administrator)">Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Hamilton,_1st_Earl_of_Orkney" title="George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney">Orkney</a> (absentee)</li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Spotswood" title="Alexander Spotswood">Spotswood</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Drysdale" title="Hugh Drysdale">Drysdale</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Carter_I" title="Robert Carter I">"King" Carter</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Gooch,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet">Gooch</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willem_van_Keppel,_2nd_Earl_of_Albemarle" title="Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle">Albemarle</a> (absentee)</li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Gooch,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet">Gooch</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Lee_(Virginia_colonist)" title="Thomas Lee (Virginia colonist)">Lee</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Burwell_family_of_Virginia#Lewis_Burwell_I/II_(1711–1756)" title="Burwell family of Virginia">Burwell</a> (acting)</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Dinwiddie" title="Robert Dinwiddie">Dinwiddie</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Campbell,_4th_Earl_of_Loudoun" title="John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun">Loudoun</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Francis_Fauquier" title="Francis Fauquier">Fauquier</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffery_Amherst,_1st_Baron_Amherst" title="Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst">Amherst</a> (absentee)</li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Francis_Fauquier" title="Francis Fauquier">Fauquier</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norborne_Berkeley,_4th_Baron_Botetourt" title="Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt">Botetourt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Nelson_(governor)" title="William Nelson (governor)">W. Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Murray,_4th_Earl_of_Dunmore" title="John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore">Dunmore</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Seal_of_Virginia.svg/75px-Seal_of_Virginia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Seal_of_Virginia.svg/113px-Seal_of_Virginia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Seal_of_Virginia.svg/150px-Seal_of_Virginia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Virginia" title="List of governors of Virginia">Commonwealth of Virginia</a> <figure class="mw-halign-center mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia"><img alt="Virginia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/68px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/90px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></a><figcaption>Virginia</figcaption></figure></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Henry" title="Patrick Henry">Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Fleming_(governor)" title="William Fleming (governor)">Fleming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Nelson_Jr." title="Thomas Nelson Jr.">T. Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison_V" title="Benjamin Harrison V">B. Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Henry" title="Patrick Henry">Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Randolph" title="Edmund Randolph">E. Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beverley_Randolph" title="Beverley Randolph">B. Randolph</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">H. Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Brooke_(Virginia_governor)" title="Robert Brooke (Virginia governor)">Brooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Wood_(governor)" title="James Wood (governor)">Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Monroe" title="James Monroe">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Page_(Virginia_politician)" title="John Page (Virginia politician)">Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Cabell" title="William H. Cabell">Cabell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Tyler_Sr." title="John Tyler Sr.">Tyler Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_William_Smith_(politician)" title="George William Smith (politician)">G. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Monroe" title="James Monroe">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_William_Smith_(politician)" title="George William Smith (politician)">G. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peyton_Randolph_(governor)" title="Peyton Randolph (governor)">P. Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Barbour" title="James Barbour">Barbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilson_Cary_Nicholas" title="Wilson Cary Nicholas">Nicholas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Patton_Preston" title="James Patton Preston">Preston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Mann_Randolph_Jr." title="Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.">T. 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