Lee, George Washington – Colonel. – enlisted as a Pvt. in Co M, 9/26/1861. Elected Lt. Colonel October 11, 1861; Colonel February 18, 1862. Resigned July 1862. Appointed Major, to rank from May 2, 1863 , (from State of Ga.,) to report to Atlanta, Ga. Assigned to the 25th Battn. Ga. Provost Guard Infantry (Atlanta, Ga.) as Major, date not stated. Elected Lt. Colonel. (This Battn. was disbanded June 24, 1864. Elected Lt. Colonel of the 3d Battn. Ga. State Guards (Atlanta Fire Battn.,) date not given.

Col. Lee assumed command of the 38th Georgia when Col. Augustus R. Wright resigned in Feb 1862 and commanded the
Regiment while stationed in Savannah. He fell ill en-route to Virginia with Wright’s Legion during June 1862 and returned to Atlanta, missing the battle of Gaines Mill and other battles around Richmond. He was reportedly labeled a war criminal by Gen. Sherman, during his march through Georgia, for being the Provost Marshal in Atlanta and mistreating loyal persons and prisoners of war, Oct 25, 1864. Born 9/25/1831 in DeKalb Co., Ga., died 4/3/1879, at Rome, Ga., buried there in Myrtle Hill Cemetery.