CONFEDERATE SOLDIER:
PVT. LOUIS LEON, CO B, 53rd NC INFANTRY REGIMENT, ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
MAJOR IN THE NORTH CAROLINA UCV "UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS" ORGANIZATION. LOUIS WAS KNOWN CHARLOTTE AS MAJOR LEON. AT THIS TIME IN HISTORY, MEN SUCH AS LOUIS WHO ROSE TO HIGH RANKS WITHIN THE UCV WERE RESPECTED WITHIN THEIR TOWNS AND WERE CALLED BY THEIR UCV RANKS.
LOUIS MIGRATED TO NEW YORK CITY WITH HIS PARENTS ON AN UNKNOWN DATE PRIOR TO 1858. IN THAT YEAR LOUIS MOVED TO MECKLENBURG COUNTY, CHARLOTTE, NC AND FOUND EMPLOYMENT AS A CLERK WORKING IN A CLOTHING STORE.
ON 14 APRIL 1862 LOUIS JOINED CO B, 53rd NC INFANTRY REGIMENT IN CHARLOTTE. HE WAS MUSTERED IN AT CAMP MANGUM, RALEIGH, NC ON 30 APRIL 1862. HIS OCCUPATION LISTED AT TIME OF ENLISTMENT WAS BEING A CLERK, HIS HEIGHT 5 FEET, 4 AND 1/2 INCHES TALL. ON 8 MAY 1864 HE WAS CAPTURED IN FIGHTING DURING THE BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS, VIRGINIA AND WAS SENT TO THE UNION PRISON CAMP, POINT LOOKOUT, MARYLAND ARRIVING ON 17 MAY 1864. FROM POINT LOOKOUT PRISON, HE WAS SENT TO ELMIRA PRISON, ELMIRA, NEW YORK ARRIVING IN ELMIRA ON 28 JULY 1864. ON 3 FEBRUARY 1865 HE TOOK THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE AND WAS RELEASE ON 7 FEBRUARY 1865. WHEN RELEASED LOUIS FIRST WENT TO NEW YORK CITY TO VISIT HIS PARENTS THEN RETURNED TO CHARLOTTE.
AFTER THE WAR, LOUIS BECAME VERY ACTIVE IN THE ORGANIZATION "UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS" BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY. HE HELD THE RANK OF MAJOR IN THE ORGANIZATION. THE ABOVE PHOTO OF LOUIS SHOWS HIM IN HIS UCV UNIFORM.
LOUIS KEPT A DIARY DURING THE WAR AND HIS DIARY "DIARY OF A TAR HEEL CONFEDERATE SOLDIER" WAS PUBLISHED IN 1913.
LOUIS IS BURIED IN SECTION 1, PLOT G8, GRAVE 2. THERE IS A MONUMENT IN THIS CEMETERY NEXT TO THE CHAPEL IN THIS CEMETERY HONORING THE THIRTEEN CHARLOTTE JEWISH CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS WHO ARE BURIED IN THE HEBREW CEMETERY.
PVT. LOUIS LEON, CO B, 53rd NC INFANTRY REGIMENT, ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
MAJOR IN THE NORTH CAROLINA UCV "UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS" ORGANIZATION. LOUIS WAS KNOWN CHARLOTTE AS MAJOR LEON. AT THIS TIME IN HISTORY, MEN SUCH AS LOUIS WHO ROSE TO HIGH RANKS WITHIN THE UCV WERE RESPECTED WITHIN THEIR TOWNS AND WERE CALLED BY THEIR UCV RANKS.
LOUIS MIGRATED TO NEW YORK CITY WITH HIS PARENTS ON AN UNKNOWN DATE PRIOR TO 1858. IN THAT YEAR LOUIS MOVED TO MECKLENBURG COUNTY, CHARLOTTE, NC AND FOUND EMPLOYMENT AS A CLERK WORKING IN A CLOTHING STORE.
ON 14 APRIL 1862 LOUIS JOINED CO B, 53rd NC INFANTRY REGIMENT IN CHARLOTTE. HE WAS MUSTERED IN AT CAMP MANGUM, RALEIGH, NC ON 30 APRIL 1862. HIS OCCUPATION LISTED AT TIME OF ENLISTMENT WAS BEING A CLERK, HIS HEIGHT 5 FEET, 4 AND 1/2 INCHES TALL. ON 8 MAY 1864 HE WAS CAPTURED IN FIGHTING DURING THE BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS, VIRGINIA AND WAS SENT TO THE UNION PRISON CAMP, POINT LOOKOUT, MARYLAND ARRIVING ON 17 MAY 1864. FROM POINT LOOKOUT PRISON, HE WAS SENT TO ELMIRA PRISON, ELMIRA, NEW YORK ARRIVING IN ELMIRA ON 28 JULY 1864. ON 3 FEBRUARY 1865 HE TOOK THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE AND WAS RELEASE ON 7 FEBRUARY 1865. WHEN RELEASED LOUIS FIRST WENT TO NEW YORK CITY TO VISIT HIS PARENTS THEN RETURNED TO CHARLOTTE.
AFTER THE WAR, LOUIS BECAME VERY ACTIVE IN THE ORGANIZATION "UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS" BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY. HE HELD THE RANK OF MAJOR IN THE ORGANIZATION. THE ABOVE PHOTO OF LOUIS SHOWS HIM IN HIS UCV UNIFORM.
LOUIS KEPT A DIARY DURING THE WAR AND HIS DIARY "DIARY OF A TAR HEEL CONFEDERATE SOLDIER" WAS PUBLISHED IN 1913.
LOUIS IS BURIED IN SECTION 1, PLOT G8, GRAVE 2. THERE IS A MONUMENT IN THIS CEMETERY NEXT TO THE CHAPEL IN THIS CEMETERY HONORING THE THIRTEEN CHARLOTTE JEWISH CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS WHO ARE BURIED IN THE HEBREW CEMETERY.
CONFEDERATE SOLDIER:
PVT. LOUIS LEON, CO B, 53rd NC INFANTRY REGIMENT, ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
MAJOR IN THE NORTH CAROLINA UCV "UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS" ORGANIZATION. LOUIS WAS KNOWN CHARLOTTE AS MAJOR LEON. AT THIS TIME IN HISTORY, MEN SUCH AS LOUIS WHO ROSE TO HIGH RANKS WITHIN THE UCV WERE RESPECTED WITHIN THEIR TOWNS AND WERE CALLED BY THEIR UCV RANKS.
LOUIS MIGRATED TO NEW YORK CITY WITH HIS PARENTS ON AN UNKNOWN DATE PRIOR TO 1858. IN THAT YEAR LOUIS MOVED TO MECKLENBURG COUNTY, CHARLOTTE, NC AND FOUND EMPLOYMENT AS A CLERK WORKING IN A CLOTHING STORE.
ON 14 APRIL 1862 LOUIS JOINED CO B, 53rd NC INFANTRY REGIMENT IN CHARLOTTE. HE WAS MUSTERED IN AT CAMP MANGUM, RALEIGH, NC ON 30 APRIL 1862. HIS OCCUPATION LISTED AT TIME OF ENLISTMENT WAS BEING A CLERK, HIS HEIGHT 5 FEET, 4 AND 1/2 INCHES TALL. ON 8 MAY 1864 HE WAS CAPTURED IN FIGHTING DURING THE BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS, VIRGINIA AND WAS SENT TO THE UNION PRISON CAMP, POINT LOOKOUT, MARYLAND ARRIVING ON 17 MAY 1864. FROM POINT LOOKOUT PRISON, HE WAS SENT TO ELMIRA PRISON, ELMIRA, NEW YORK ARRIVING IN ELMIRA ON 28 JULY 1864. ON 3 FEBRUARY 1865 HE TOOK THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE AND WAS RELEASE ON 7 FEBRUARY 1865. WHEN RELEASED LOUIS FIRST WENT TO NEW YORK CITY TO VISIT HIS PARENTS THEN RETURNED TO CHARLOTTE.
AFTER THE WAR, LOUIS BECAME VERY ACTIVE IN THE ORGANIZATION "UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS" BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY. HE HELD THE RANK OF MAJOR IN THE ORGANIZATION. THE ABOVE PHOTO OF LOUIS SHOWS HIM IN HIS UCV UNIFORM.
LOUIS KEPT A DIARY DURING THE WAR AND HIS DIARY "DIARY OF A TAR HEEL CONFEDERATE SOLDIER" WAS PUBLISHED IN 1913.
LOUIS IS BURIED IN SECTION 1, PLOT G8, GRAVE 2. THERE IS A MONUMENT IN THIS CEMETERY NEXT TO THE CHAPEL IN THIS CEMETERY HONORING THE THIRTEEN CHARLOTTE JEWISH CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS WHO ARE BURIED IN THE HEBREW CEMETERY.
PVT. LOUIS LEON, CO B, 53rd NC INFANTRY REGIMENT, ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
MAJOR IN THE NORTH CAROLINA UCV "UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS" ORGANIZATION. LOUIS WAS KNOWN CHARLOTTE AS MAJOR LEON. AT THIS TIME IN HISTORY, MEN SUCH AS LOUIS WHO ROSE TO HIGH RANKS WITHIN THE UCV WERE RESPECTED WITHIN THEIR TOWNS AND WERE CALLED BY THEIR UCV RANKS.
LOUIS MIGRATED TO NEW YORK CITY WITH HIS PARENTS ON AN UNKNOWN DATE PRIOR TO 1858. IN THAT YEAR LOUIS MOVED TO MECKLENBURG COUNTY, CHARLOTTE, NC AND FOUND EMPLOYMENT AS A CLERK WORKING IN A CLOTHING STORE.
ON 14 APRIL 1862 LOUIS JOINED CO B, 53rd NC INFANTRY REGIMENT IN CHARLOTTE. HE WAS MUSTERED IN AT CAMP MANGUM, RALEIGH, NC ON 30 APRIL 1862. HIS OCCUPATION LISTED AT TIME OF ENLISTMENT WAS BEING A CLERK, HIS HEIGHT 5 FEET, 4 AND 1/2 INCHES TALL. ON 8 MAY 1864 HE WAS CAPTURED IN FIGHTING DURING THE BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS, VIRGINIA AND WAS SENT TO THE UNION PRISON CAMP, POINT LOOKOUT, MARYLAND ARRIVING ON 17 MAY 1864. FROM POINT LOOKOUT PRISON, HE WAS SENT TO ELMIRA PRISON, ELMIRA, NEW YORK ARRIVING IN ELMIRA ON 28 JULY 1864. ON 3 FEBRUARY 1865 HE TOOK THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE AND WAS RELEASE ON 7 FEBRUARY 1865. WHEN RELEASED LOUIS FIRST WENT TO NEW YORK CITY TO VISIT HIS PARENTS THEN RETURNED TO CHARLOTTE.
AFTER THE WAR, LOUIS BECAME VERY ACTIVE IN THE ORGANIZATION "UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS" BOTH LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY. HE HELD THE RANK OF MAJOR IN THE ORGANIZATION. THE ABOVE PHOTO OF LOUIS SHOWS HIM IN HIS UCV UNIFORM.
LOUIS KEPT A DIARY DURING THE WAR AND HIS DIARY "DIARY OF A TAR HEEL CONFEDERATE SOLDIER" WAS PUBLISHED IN 1913.
LOUIS IS BURIED IN SECTION 1, PLOT G8, GRAVE 2. THERE IS A MONUMENT IN THIS CEMETERY NEXT TO THE CHAPEL IN THIS CEMETERY HONORING THE THIRTEEN CHARLOTTE JEWISH CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS WHO ARE BURIED IN THE HEBREW CEMETERY.
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