Collett Leventhorpe, the English Confederate: The Life of a Civil War General, 1815-1889McFarland, 23 Agu 2014 - 300 halaman This is the story of Collett Leventhorpe (1815-1889), an Englishman and former captain in the 14th Regiment of Foot. Leventhorpe came to North Carolina about 1843, settled there, and later served the Confederacy as a colonel in the 34th and 11th N.C. and brigadier general commanding the Home Guard in eastern North Carolina. Though he trained as a physician at the College of Charleston in the late 1840s, he never practiced and was a restless man, endlessly in search of fortune--before the war in the gold fields of North Carolina and Georgia, and after it in the pursuit of lost estates, art treasures and inventions. But he excelled first and foremost as a Confederate soldier. As a field commander he was never defeated in battle, and his record was marred only by his own rejection of a much deserved but very late promotion to CSA brigadier. He lies buried in the beautiful Happy Valley section of Caldwell County. |
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... Battle of White Hall and Leventhorpe's defense of the Roanoke. Mary makes the “best” breakfast—especially those instant grits that Tim really lapped up. Last but not least, we'd like to acknowledge the support vi Acknowledgments.
... battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. —Ecclesiastes 9:¡ Contents Acknowledgments . . . . . . . .
... Battle of White Hall, December 16, 1862 . . . . . . . . . 223 V. Poems by General Leventhorpe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 VI. “General Collett Leventhorpe,” an Address by Col. Edmund Jones, Raleigh, May ...
... battle he proved himself an exceptional commander over and over again. And yet, due either to circumstance or injustice or perhaps both, he was never fully granted his due as an o‡cer in the Confederate service, failing in promotion to ...
... battle they fought. But our estimate is shaped less by his record as a Confederate soldier than by the recognition that Leventhorpe was a type of man who eagerly embraced risk and opportunity in the America of the 1840s and '50s and ...
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Rutherfordton and the Quest for Eldorado | 34 |
The Best Drilled Regiment 18611862 | 61 |
Pettigrew Pennsylvania and Prison 18631864 | 90 |
In the Service of His State 18641865 | 136 |
Wanderings Reconstruction Politics | 162 |
A Confederate Heros Day May 11 1896 | 204 |
Some CourtsMartial During | 210 |
Regimental Orders for Changes in | 220 |
Poems by General Leventhorpe | 226 |
General Collett Leventhorpe an Address | 232 |
Chapter Notes | 241 |
Bibliography | 273 |
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