Samuel Haven Leonard
Born: July 10, 1825
Birthplace: Bolton, Massachusetts
Father: Samuel S. Leonard 1801 – 1883
(Buried: Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts)
Mother: Eliza Adiline Newton 1804 – 1858
(Buried: Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts)
Wife: Lucy Elizabeth Putnam 1828 – 1893
(Buried: Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts)
Children:
U.S. Navy Commander Samuel Haven Leonard Jr. 1856 – 1907
(Buried: Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts)
Occupation before War:
Businessman with Leonard's Worcester Express Company
Served in Massachusetts State Militia, rising to Brig. General
1860: Elected Captain of Company A, Boston City Guards
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1864: Colonel of 13th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Place on Patrol of the Upper Potomac River
1861: Participated in the fighting at Pritchard's Mills
1862: Served in the Occupation of Winchester, Virginia
1862: Served in the Pursuit of Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley
1862: Placed on Guard Duty of Orange and Alexandria Railroad
1862: Regimental Commander in the Battle of Cedar Mountain
1862: Regimental Commander at Battle of Thoroughfare Gap
1862: Regimental Commander at Second Battle of Bull Run
1862: Regimental Commander in the Battle of Chantilly, Virginia
1862: Regimental Commander in the Battle of South Mountain
1862: Regimental Commander in the Battle of Antietam, Maryland
1862: Regimental Commander in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia
1863: Participated in the famous Mud March
1863: Participated in the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
1863: Led 284 men into the battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
1863: Acted as Brigade Commander after wounding of General Paul
1863: Wounded on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
1864: Mustered out of the Union Army in Boston on August 1st
Occupation after War:
Businessman with Leonard's Worcester Express Company
Suffered from the effects of Blindness in his last years of life
Died: December 27, 1902
Place of Death: West Newton, Massachusetts
Age at time of Death: 77 years old
Burial Place: Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Massachusetts
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