{⋆★⋆} BG Leventhorpe, Collett

Collett Leventhorpe​

Born: May 14, 1815

Birth Place: Exmouth Devon, England

Father: Thomas Leventhrope 1776 – 1815

Mother: Mary Collett 1790 – 1819

Wife: Louisa Bryan 1827 – 1908

(Buried: Chapel of Rest Cemetery, Happy Valley, North Carolina)​

Education:

Graduated from Medical College of Charleston​

Occupation before War:

1832 – 1842: Served in British Army rising to Captain​

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Businessman for an English Company​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Colonel of 34th​ North Carolina Infantry Regiment​

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1861 – 1862: On Guard at Fort Branch guarding Roanoke River​

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1862 – 1864: Colonel of 11th​ North Carolina Infantry Regiment​

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Manned the defenses along Virginia's Blackwater River​

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1862: Participated in the Battle of White Hall

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1863: Participated in the Siege of Washington, North Carolina​

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1863: Wounded in the left arm and hip during the Battle of Gettysburg​

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1863 – 1864: Prisoner of War held by the Union Army​

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1864 – 1865: Colonel of North Carolina Home Guard​

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Brigadier General of North Carolina State Troops​

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1865: Refused rank of Brigadier General of Confederate Infantry​

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1865: Defended Raleigh, North Carolina against Sherman​

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1865: Surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina on April 26​

Occupation after War:

Enterprise Businessman in North Carolina​

Died: December 1, 1889

Place of Death: Wilkes County, North Carolina

Age at time of Death: 74 years old

Burial Place: Chapel of Rest Cemetery, Happy Valley, North Carolina

 

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The 11th North Carolina was known as the "Bethel Regiment".The first North Carolina soldier was killed at Bethel, Virginia on June 10, 1861. It was commanded by DH Hill at the time.

 

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He resigned as Colonel in the Confederacy on 27th of April 1863.