Hamilton Prioleau Bee
Hamilton Prioleau Bee (born July 22, 1822 in Charleston , South Carolina , † October 3, 1897 in San Antonio , Texas ) was a politician and brigadier general in the Confederate Army in the Civil War and the brother of Brigadier General Barnard Elliott Bee .
Life
In 1835 he moved with his family from South Carolina to what is now Texas. The young Bee took an early interest in politics, joined the Democratic Party and a few years later became Secretary of the US-Texas Boundary Commission . In 1846 he became secretary of the first Texas Senate . He then became a member of the Texas House of Representatives and later speaker of the same. He took part in the Mexican-American War as a Texas Ranger . After the war he quit his service with the rank of first lieutenant and continued to turn to politics.
In 1861 he joined the Provisional Texas Army as a Brigadier General . Stationed in Brownsville , Texas, his primary responsibility was to maintain the cotton trade with Europe. When Union troops under Major General Banks attacked Brownsville in 1863 , Bee was still able to save goods worth around 1 million US dollars . In 1864 he commanded a Texas cavalry regiment, one of three that halted General Banks' advance at Mansfield , Louisiana and Pleasant Hill , Louisiana.
During the war, two horses were shot together under Bee and he was injured in the face. After the civil war, he first fled to Mexico , but came back in 1876 and settled in San Antonio, where he died on October 3, 1897.
See also
literature
- David J. Eicher, The Civil War in Books: An Analytical Bibliography , University of Illinois, 1997, ISBN 0-252-02273-4 .
- Richard N. Current (Ed.): Encyclopedia of the Confederacy. Simon & Schuster, New York NY et al. 1993, ISBN 0-13-275991-8 .
- John H. Eicher & David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands , Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3 .
- Ezra J. Warner, Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders , Louisiana State University Press, 1959, ISBN 0-8071-0823-5 .
Web links
- Hamilton Prioleau Bee in the database of Find a Grave (English)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Hardin Richard Runnels |
Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives November 5, 1855–2. November 1857 |
William S. Taylor |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bee, Hamilton Prioleau |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician, Confederate General in the American Civil War |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1822 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Charleston , South Carolina |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 3, 1897 |
| Place of death | San Antonio , Texas |