Danville Leadbetter Military person

Danville Leadbetter (August 26, 1811 – September 26, 1866) was a career U.S. Army officer and later he served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War.A trained engineer, Leadbetter supervised the construction of forts before and during the war, and is noted for his controversial involvement in the November 1863 Battle of Fort Sanders in eastern Tennessee. Afterward the conflict he left the United States and lived out the remainder of his life on foreign soil.

Personal facts

Danville Leadbetter
Birth dateAugust 26, 1811
Birth place
Leeds Maine
Date of deathSeptember 26, 1866
Place of death
New London Prince Edward Island
Resting place
Mobile Alabama , Magnolia Cemetery (Mobile Alabama)

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allegiance
United States of America
Confederate States of America
military operations
American Civil War
service start1836
service end1836

Danville Leadbetter on Wikipedia

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