{⋆★⋆} BG Leadbetter, Danville

Danville Leadbetter​

Born: August 26, 1811

Birthplace: Leeds, Maine

Father: Thomas Leadbetter 1776 – 1848
(Buried: Cassidy Cemetery, Bingham, Maine)

Mother: Eunice Clark 1775 – 1867
(Buried: Cassidy Cemetery, Bingham, Maine)

1st​ Wife: Elizabeth Waterman 1807 – 1851

(Buried: Carey Cemetery, Canterbury, Connecticut)​

2nd​ Wife: Delphine Euphrosine Kennedy 1822 – 1870

Children:

Alice Elizabeth Leadbetter Berry 1857 – 1895​

(Buried: Salem Cemetery, Winston Salem, North Carolina)​

Education:

1836: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (3rd​ in class)​

Occupation before War:

1836 – 1838: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, 1st​ Artillery​

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1838 – 1852: 1st​ Lt. United States Army, Corps of Engineers​

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1852 – 1857: Captain, United States Army, Corps of Engineers​

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1857: Resigned from United States Army on December 31st​​

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1857 – 1861: Alabama State, Chief Engineer​

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1860 – 1861: Colonel, Alabama State Militia​

Civil War Career:

1861: Major in Confederate States Army, Corps of Engineer​

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1861: In charge of Defenses of Mobile, Alabama, under Construction​

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1861: Acting Chief of Confederate Army, Engineering Bureau​

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1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel of Confederate Army, Engineers​

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1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army, Engineers​

Chief Engineer for the Army of Tennessee​

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1864: Commander of District of the Gulf​

Occupation after War:

1864 – 1865: Lived in Mexico​

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1865 – 1866: Lived in Clifton, Canada​

Died: September 26, 1866

Place of Death: New London, Canada

Age at time of Death: 55 years old

Burial Place: Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama

 

[Pollaco]

His biggest critic was E. Porter Alexander who was critical of the advice that Leadbetter gave to the operation's commander ,Longstreet, at Knoxville.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Brig. General Danville Leadbetter! Salutes remembering General Leadbetter on his birthday.

 

[Pollaco]

The unsuccessful attack on Fort Sanders was because Leadbetter had advised this attack route to Longstreet.He had been send to Knoxville by Bragg to aid in the planning of an attack route of Federal defenses. Ledbetter had some knowledge of the layout of Knoxville as he was the one who designed the fortification the year before.

His biggest critic was E. Porter Alexander who was critical of the advice that Leadbetter gave to the operation's commander ,Longstreet, at Knoxville.