Barnard Elliott Bee Jr.

Barnard Elliott Bee Jr. (February 8, 1824 – July 22, 1861) was a career

In 1836, Bee's parents moved to Texas, which had achieved independence as the Republic of Texas.[1]^[2] Bee remained in Pendleton living with his mother's three sisters to pursue his education. Bee graduated from the United States Military Academy on July 1, 1845, thirty-third in his class of forty-one and assigned as a brevet second lieutenant to the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment.^[1] He accumulated many demerits while at West Point, including several for chewing tobacco while on duty. Bee's first posting was to serve in the United States military occupation of Texas during the Mexican–American War. He was twice brevetted for gallantry in the War, first at Cerro Gordo to first lieutenant, where he was wounded, and then to captain at Chapultepec.^[1]

Bee was posted after the war to garrison duty at

Upon the start of the Civil War, Bee, like many Army officers from the South, was torn between loyalty to his home state or to the United States. He struggled with the decision but opted to stay with the South. On March 3, 1861, Bee resigned from the United States Army and returned to Charleston where he was elected lieutenant colonel of the 1st South Carolina Regulars.[1]

On June 17, 1861, Bee was appointed

Bee was the younger brother of Hamilton P. Bee, who was also a Confederate Army brigadier general, and the brother-in-law of Confederate brigadier general Clement H. Stevens.^[1]

See also

• List of American Civil War generals (Confederate)

Notes

References

• Agnew, James B., "General Barnard Bee", Civil War Times Illustrated, 14 (December 1975): pp. 4–8 & 44-46.
• Cullum, George W., Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., from its Establishment, in 1802, to 1890 with the Early History of the United States Military Academy. Third edition, revised and extended. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1891.
• Davis, William C., Battle at Bull Run: A History of the First Major Campaign of the Civil War. New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1977,
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• Barnard Elliott Bee Jr. from the Handbook of Texas Online
• Barnard Elliott Bee Jr. at Find a Grave
• Aztec Club Officer Biography, Barnard Elliott Bee webpage
• Barnard Elliott Bee Historical Marker