Class of 1845

Barnard Elliot Bee: Born Feb. 8, 1824, Charleston, SC.

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1841, to July 1, 1845, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., 3d Infantry, July 1, 1845.

Served: in the Military Occupation of Texas, 1845‑46; in the War with Mexico, 1846, being engaged in the Battle of Palo Alto, May 8, 1846, — and Battle of Resaca-de‑la‑Palma, May 9, 1846, — on Recruiting

(Second Lieut., 3d Infantry, Sep. 21, 1846)

service, 1846‑47; in the War with Mexico, 1847‑48, being engaged in the Siege of Vera Cruz, Mar. 9‑29, 1847, — Battle of Cerro Gordo,

(Bvt. First Lieut., Apr. 18, 1847,
for Gallant and Meritorious Conduct in the Battle of Cerro Gordo, Mex.)

Apr. 17‑18, 1847, where he was wounded in storming the enemy's intrenched heights, — Skirmish of Ocalaca, Aug. 16, 1847, — Battle of Contreras, Aug. 19‑20, 1847, — Battle of Churubusco, Aug. 20, 1847, — Storming of Chapultepec, Sep. 13, 1847, — and Assault and Capture of

(Bvt. Capt., Sep. 13, 1847,
for Gallant and Meritorious Conduct in the Battle of Chapultepec, Mex.)

the City of Mexico, Sep. 13‑14, 1847;​1 as Adjutant, 3d Infantry, July 25, 1848, to Mar. 3, 1855; in garrison at East Pascagoula, Mis., 1848; on frontier duty at San Antonio, Tex., 1848‑49, — and Santa Fé, N. M., 1850‑51, — Ft. Bliss, Tex., 1851, — Ft. Fillmore, N. M., 1851‑52, —

(First Lieut., 3d Infantry, Mar. 5, 1851)

Scouting, 1852, — Ft. Fillmore, N. M., 1852‑53, — Albuquerque, N. M., 1853, — Ft. Fillmore, N. M., 1854‑55, — and Scouting, 1855; in garrison

(Captain, 10th Infantry, Mar. 3, 1855)

at the Cavalry School for Practice, Carlisle, Pa., 1855; on frontier duty  p237 at Ft. Snelling, Min., 1856‑57, — Ft. Ridgely, Min., 1856‑57, — Ft. Snelling, Min., 1857, — and on Utah Expedition, 1857‑58, as Lieut.‑Colonel Utah Volunteer Battalion, Dec. 8, 1857, to Dec. 1, 1858; on leave of absence, 1858‑60; and on frontier duty at Ft. Laramie, Dak., 1860‑61.

Resigned, Mar. 3, 1861.

Joined in the Rebellion of 1861‑66 against the United States.​a

Killed, July 21,​b 1861, at the Battle of Bull Run, Va.: Aged 37.

Buried, St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Pendleton, SC.