"There stands Jackson like a stonewall!"

(Texas State Historical Association) Barnard Elliott Bee, Jr. (1824–1861), Confederate general, was born on February 8, 1824, in Charleston, South Carolina, the son of Anne and Barnard E. Bee, Sr. In the summer of 1836 the family moved to the Republic of Texas, where Bee's father served as secretary of state.
The young man was appointed to the United States Military Academy at West Point with an "at large" status on July 1, 1841, and he graduated thirty-third in the class of 1845. Continued