1789 - 1823 (34 years)
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Name |
Littleberry Leftwich |
Suffix |
Jr. |
Birth |
24 Jul 1789 |
Gender |
Male |
_UID |
2085DAF2EC0FD511B568BD47275DDA4E1FA7 |
Death |
4 Dec 1823 |
MS |
Person ID |
I1681 |
sorrells |
Last Modified |
19 Jun 2016 |
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Notes |
- He moved to Mississippi and never married.
Littleberry Leftwich was captured at Fort Donelson in February 1862 and was taken to Johnson's Island in Lake Erie, a prison for officers. He was exchanged at Vicksburg in September 1862 and was discharged soon afterwards. The Johnson's Island Preservation Society has a website at <http://www.johnsonsisland.org/> that gives information about the prison and also about the society's historical and archaeological work that is going on there now. Membership dues are $25 a year. Here's an excerpt from the society website: "During the 40 months of its existence, approximately 10,000 men were processed into the stockade on Johnson's Island. Most were Confederate officers. Twenty-six were either generals or officers who became generals during or after their imprisonment. Others confined there were a small number of privates, bushwhackers, guerrillas, and citizens suspected of disloyalty to the Union. The maximum number of prisoners at any one time was about 3224 in January, 1864."
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