General Barnard Elliott Bee Jr. (1824-June 18, 1861) was a Confederate Army general during the American Civil War. Born in South Carolina in 1824, he attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, from which he graduated in the Class of 1845. He was twice brevetted for gallantry in the Mexican War.
On June 17, 1861 he was appointed brigadier general of a brigade mobilized at Manassas Junction. During the subsequent battle, later known as the First Battle of Manassas Bee is said to have used the term "Stonewall" in reference to Thomas J. Jackson and his men, giving rise to the name Stonewall Jackson and his Stonewall Brigade. Bee was mortally wounded as the Confederates began to gain the upper hand in the battle. He died the following day and is buried in Pendleton, South Carolina.
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