Collett Leventhorpe, the English Confederate - The Life of a Civil War General, 1815-1889 (Paperback, Annotated edition)

This is the story of Collett Leventhorpe (1815?1889), an Englishman and former captain in the 14th Regiment of Foot. Leventhorpe came to North Carolina about 1843, settled there, and later served the Confederacy as a colonel in the 34th and 11th N.C. and brigadier general commanding the Home Guard in eastern North Carolina. Though he trained as a physician at the College of Charleston in the late 1840s, he never practiced and was a restless man, endlessly in search of fortune?before the war in the gold fields of North Carolina and Georgia, and after it in the pursuit of lost estates, art treasures and inventions. But he excelled first and foremost as a Confederate soldier. As a field commander he was never defeated in battle, and his record was marred only by his own rejection of a much deserved but very late promotion to CSA brigadier. He lies buried in the beautiful Happy Valley section of Caldwell County.

General

Imprint:	McFarland & Company
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2006
First published:	November 2006
Authors:	J. Timothy Cole • Bradley R. Foley
Dimensions:	228 x 153 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	300
Edition:	Annotated edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7864-2649-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > 1800 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Civil war Books > History > American history > 1800 to 1900 Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Biography > Historical, political & military Promotions
LSN:	0-7864-2649-7
Barcode:	9780786426492

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