Henry Lee III, best known as Light Horse Harry Lee, the man, the soldier, and lover

Henry Lee III, son of Henry Lee II and Lucy Grymes, started his formal education at 14 years old at Princeton College, and graduated at age 18. Finding the love of his life, Matilda, at her father’s funeral. He promised her a life of love, wealth, and to be one of the first couples to rise up in the new America. Then as he was preparing to leave for London, for his Law studies, the call of war came to the Colonies called the Revolutionary War of 1776, his Uncles, Richard Henry and Frances Lee had long sent letters and proclamations to the King of England asking for revision of taxes and our freedom as an independent country but these request were always denied, prompting the Proclamation of War. Henry being the Lee that he was, answered to the call, aiding General George Washington as a Dragoon, working his way up the ranks to Lieutenant Colonel and saw the war to the end, returning to his love, the Divine Matilda.

Loving history and identifying as a Proud American, I felt it was imperative to renew our American History, as I wrote of an important, but lost story to history, I fell in love with Henry’s passion, for life, love and fidelity to his country, and love, his Devine Matilda Lee. I grew up in Kentucky, and now I reside in Alabama with my devoted, honorable, and loving husband, who always encouraged me during my five years of research to write this account.