20-year old resident of Burlington, VT when he enlisted as a private in Company F, 1st U.S. Sharpshooters on Sept. 3rd, 1861.

Promoted to corporal on June 1st of the following year. After the Seven Days campaign of 1862 Leach and others from his company were sent home to Vermont to find recruits, where 47 men enlisted.

He returned to his company and remained with them until wounded in the abdomen on July 2nd, 1863 in Pitzer's Woods at Gettysburg. Two bullets entered his body fracturing his lower ribs and injuring both kidneys.

He was left on the field and captured by the Confederates of Wilcox's brigade then sent to the Gettysburg Seminary, then being used a Confederate hospital, where he was abandoned when the Army of Northern Virginia retreated.

Leach was later sent to the Cotton Factory hospital in Harrisburg, PA, where he recovered from his wounds but experienced ongoing urinary and spinal problems that made him unfit for further duty. On January 6th, 1864, he was discharged from the Cotton Factory Hospital and returned to civilian life.

Bio by: Brian White..47974614

20-year old resident of Burlington, VT when he enlisted as a private in Company F, 1st U.S. Sharpshooters on Sept. 3rd, 1861.

Promoted to corporal on June 1st of the following year. After the Seven Days campaign of 1862 Leach and others from his company were sent home to Vermont to find recruits, where 47 men enlisted.

He returned to his company and remained with them until wounded in the abdomen on July 2nd, 1863 in Pitzer's Woods at Gettysburg. Two bullets entered his body fracturing his lower ribs and injuring both kidneys.

He was left on the field and captured by the Confederates of Wilcox's brigade then sent to the Gettysburg Seminary, then being used a Confederate hospital, where he was abandoned when the Army of Northern Virginia retreated.

Leach was later sent to the Cotton Factory hospital in Harrisburg, PA, where he recovered from his wounds but experienced ongoing urinary and spinal problems that made him unfit for further duty. On January 6th, 1864, he was discharged from the Cotton Factory Hospital and returned to civilian life.

Bio by: Brian White..47974614