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https://www.nps.gov/people/fitz-lee.htm
https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2016.5.2.49


Private Fitz Lee (Spanish-American War) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/ftleavenworth.asp. Fitz Lee was born in June 1866, in Dinwiddie County, VA. In 1889 he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served with Troop M, 10th Cavalry. At the beginning of his third enlistment, the United States declared war on Spain and Private Lee was among those in Tayabacoa in 1898. On June 30, Lee and four others volunteered to rescue wounded men stranded on the Cuban beach. For his bravery Lee was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1899, while hospitalized in Fort Bliss, Texas. Discharged in July, he went to Leavenworth, Kansas, where a supportive community of black veterans lived. They cared for Lee until his death on September 14, 1899.

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