Sydney Smith Lee, CSN-- Part 1: Robert E. Lee's Brother

While reading the latest Civil War Monitor Magazine about Robert E. Lee's decision to resign from the United States Army in 1861, I came across mention that he had written a letter to his brother, Sydney Smith Lee, then a member of the U.S. Navy.

I had never heard of him before, so did some research.

From Wikipedia.

 September 2, 1802 to July 22, 1869.

Called Smith Lee in his lifetime, was an American naval officer who served as a captain in the Confederate States Navy and had been in the U.S. Navy before that.

--Old B-Runner