Dixie Rising Presents

the

Southern Holiday Series
Free Southern eCards

In Celebration of General
Danville Leadbetter

Birthday, August 26

Honour The Memory of Danville Leadbetter

Send a HaveADixieDay e-Card of this Great American. 

Confederate General ecard
 

 
 
 

Danville Leadbetter
(Brigadier General)

Date of birth: August 26, 1811
Birthplace
: Leeds, ME.
Date of death
: September. 26, 1866, Clifton Canada.
Place of burial
: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile AL
Pre-War Occupation:
  Graduated West Point 1836, engineering duties, resigned 1852, chief engineer of Alabama, advised on the defence of Mobile Bay.
U.S. Military Academy
: 1836 (3rd)

Rank: Brig. General,

Major Battles and Campaigns Links:  1861 Col. of engineers, acting chief of Bureau of Engineers, advised on coastal fortifications, superintended construction in East Tennessee, arranged lines at Chattanooga, Knoxville, defense of Mobile.

The Bridge Burners:

The Capture of Andrew's Raiders

Post War Occupation:  Moved to Mexico and Canada

 

Let others know about these Southern eCards, to refer this page click here

More Southern eCards Index

 

Privacy Notice: The email addresses used to send e-Greetings are not sold in any form. However, periodic  heritage updates (at most one per week) or e-Cards on Southern Holidays are sent. If you do not want to receive these, go use Blue Mountain and their politically correct e-Cards!

Updated November 18, 2004