Leslie was born in Mobile, Alabama in 1838. He is listed on the 1850 census in Mobile as a student. Leslie entered the Confederate Navy as an officer and as Assistant Paymaster in March of 1862. He was assigned to the C.S.S. Louisiana, Assistant paymaster Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864. On C. S. S. Louisiana when destroyed, April 28, 1862. Prisoner in Fort Warren in Boston, Massachusetts, exchanged at Aikens Landing August 5, 1862, C.S.S. Chattahoochee, 1862-63. Naval station, Columbus, 1863-64. Waiting orders, 1864. Mobile station, 1864, C. S. S. Tallahassee, 1864., C. S. S. Columbia, Charleston station, 1864-65 ; paroled at Greensboro, N. C, April 28, 1865. After the war Leslie returned to Mobile, Alabama where he was married in 1866 to Elizabeth Fontaine Stewart. He and Bessie were living in the 8th Ward in Mobile in 1870 and he was an auctioneer. Leslie, his wife, and his 4 children were living in Mobile in 1880 and he was a commissioned merchant. He was still living in Mobile in 1900 and in 1910. His wife died in 1908. Leslie was living with his son who also was a widower in 1910. Leslie and Elizabeth had 5 children.
Leslie was born in Mobile, Alabama in 1838. He is listed on the 1850 census in Mobile as a student. Leslie entered the Confederate Navy as an officer and as Assistant Paymaster in March of 1862. He was assigned to the C.S.S. Louisiana, Assistant paymaster Provisional Navy, June 2, 1864. On C. S. S. Louisiana when destroyed, April 28, 1862. Prisoner in Fort Warren in Boston, Massachusetts, exchanged at Aikens Landing August 5, 1862, C.S.S. Chattahoochee, 1862-63. Naval station, Columbus, 1863-64. Waiting orders, 1864. Mobile station, 1864, C. S. S. Tallahassee, 1864., C. S. S. Columbia, Charleston station, 1864-65 ; paroled at Greensboro, N. C, April 28, 1865. After the war Leslie returned to Mobile, Alabama where he was married in 1866 to Elizabeth Fontaine Stewart. He and Bessie were living in the 8th Ward in Mobile in 1870 and he was an auctioneer. Leslie, his wife, and his 4 children were living in Mobile in 1880 and he was a commissioned merchant. He was still living in Mobile in 1900 and in 1910. His wife died in 1908. Leslie was living with his son who also was a widower in 1910. Leslie and Elizabeth had 5 children.
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