★ ★ Leggett, Mortimer Dormer

Mortimer Dormer Leggett​

Born: April 19, 1821

Birthplace: Ithaca, New York

Father: Isaac Leggett 1788 – 1875

(Buried: Montville Cemetery, Montville, Ohio)​

Mother: Mary Strong 1797 – 1882

(Buried: Montville Cemetery, Montville, Ohio)​

1st​ Wife: Marilla Wells 1823 – 1876

(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​

2nd​ Wife: Weltha Post 1841 – 1926

(Buried: Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio)​

Children:

Charles C. Leggett Unknown – 1863​

(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Zanesville, Ohio)​

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Leverett L. Leggett 1845 – 1894​

(Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Sandusky, Ohio)​

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Wells Wilner Leggett 1847 – 1891​

(Buried: Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan)​

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Mary Marilla Leggett Seymour 1854 – 1914​

(Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts)​

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Mortimer Marcellus Leggett 1856 – 1873​

(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​

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Charles C. Leggett 1863 – 1863​

(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​

Education:

Studied Medicine and Law in Ohio​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Akron Ohio​

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School Teacher in Akron and Warren, Ohio​

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Editor of The Free School Clarion Newspaper​

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1855 – 1858: Professor, Ohio, College of Law​

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1858 – 1861: Superintendent of Schools in Zanesville, Ohio​

Civil War Career:

1861: Served as Volunteer on the Staff of Major General McClellan​

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1862: Colonel of 78th​ Ohio Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Served in the Battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee​

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1862: Served in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee​

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1862: Served in the Siege of Corinth, Mississippi​

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1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers​

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1863: Wounded in the left shoulder during the Vicksburg Campaign​

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1864: Division Commander during the Atlanta Campaign​

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1864: Division Commander during Sherman's March to the Sea​

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1864: Brevetted Major General in the Union Army​

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1865: on leave at home in January for chronic diarrhea​

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1865: Major General of Union Army Volunteers​

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1865: Served in the Carolinas Campaign​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1896: suffered from chronic diarrhea and umbilical hernia​

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1865 – 1871: Attorney in Zanesville, Ohio​

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1871 – 1881: United States Commissioner of Patents​

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1881 – 1884: Attorney in Zanesville, Ohio​

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1884 – 1896: Owner of company that would become General Electric​

Died: January 6, 1896

Place of Death: Cleveland, Ohio

Cause of Death: Apoplexy

Age at time of Death: 74 years old

Burial Place: Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio

 

[Pollaco]

There is a feature of a portion of the Atlanta battlefield that bears the name "Leggett's Hill".It is called that because of the stern defense of that position by Leggett's division in the face of Hood's assualts.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday (Tuesday) Major General Mortimer D. Leggett! Salutes remembering General Leggett on his birthday week.

 

[Luke Freet]

I praise Leggett for his action's at Bald Hill on July 21st and 22nd. One of the best of the Union division commanders

 

[Pollaco]

He was a volunteer aide to his friend George McClellan for about half of 1861 before he ever enlisted.

 

[ErnieMac]

Mortimer D. Leggett's son, Mortimer M. Leggett died in a college hazing incident at Cornell University at the age of 17 in 1873. The story is outlined in the younger Leggett's Find A Grave page.

Mortimer Marcellus Leggett (1856-1873) - Find a...

The Cornell Era, October 17, 1873 A Sad Accident On Friday night last, occurred the saddest accident that the Ere has ever been called upon to chronicle. At half past nine o'clock of that evening, Mortimer M. Leggett of the Freshman class and Charles W. Wason and Charles H. Lee of the Sophomore...

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