★★★ McAfee, Leroy Mangum

Leroy Mangum McAfee​

Born: December 17, 1837

Birthplace: Shelby, North Carolina

Father: Abner McAfee 1774 – 1844

(Buried: Abner McAfee Family Cemetery, Earl, North Carolina)​

Mother: Eliza Ferguson 1805 – 1880

(Buried: Sunset Cemetery, Shelby, North Carolina)​

1st​ Wife: Savilla H. "Hattie" Cameron 1840 – 1867

(Buried: Concord Presbyterian Church, Woodward, South Carolina)​

2nd​ Wife: Adelaide Williams 1841 – 1888

(Buried: Sunset Cemetery, Shelby, North Carolina)​

Children:

Leroy McAfee 1864 – 1897​

(Buried: Concord Presbyterian Church, Woodward, South Carolina)​

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Fannie McAfee​

(Buried: Concord Presbyterian Church, Woodward, South Carolina)​

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George Williams McAfee 1871 – 1871​

(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, York, South Carolina)​

Education:

Attended University of North Carolina​

Civil War Career:

1862: Major of 49th​ North Carolina Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Wounded at the Battle of Drewry's Bluff, Virginia​

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1862: Lt. Colonel of 49th​ North Carolina Infantry Regiment​

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1862 – 1865: Colonel of 49th​ North Carolina Infantry Regiment​

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1865: Wounded during the Battle of Fort Stedman, Virginia​

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1865: Wounded during the Battle of Five Forks, Virginia​

Occupation after War:

North Carolina State Representative​

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Ku Klux Klan Leader in Cleveland County, North Carolina​

Died: September 23, 1873

Place of Death: York, South Carolina

Age at time of Death: 35 years old

Burial Place: Rose Hill Cemetery, York, South Carolina

 

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He was the inspiration for the protagonist of his nephew's Thomas Dixon Jr.'s play "The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan". This 1905 play was later used for the 1915 film adaption. The movie was "The Birth of a Nation".