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
Businessman for an English Company
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 34th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1862: On Guard at Fort Branch guarding Roanoke River
1862 – 1864: Colonel of 11th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
Manned the defenses along Virginia's Blackwater River
1862: Participated in the Battle of White Hall
1863: Participated in the Siege of Washington, North Carolina
1863: Wounded in the left arm and hip during the Battle of Gettysburg
1863 – 1864: Prisoner of War held by the Union Army
1864 – 1865: Colonel of North Carolina Home Guard
Brigadier General of North Carolina State Troops
1865: Refused rank of Brigadier General of Confederate Infantry
1865: Defended Raleigh, North Carolina against Sherman
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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