Co B 40th Indiana Infantry
Resident of Mexico, Indiana.
Mustered Nov. 27, 1861.
Killed at Mission Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863.
-Indiana AG
LESLEY, MORRIS
CPL INFANTRY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 11/27/1863
BURIED AT: SECTION D SITE 12383
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U.S. Burial Register lists death date as Nov 27, 1863. Buried next to Jacob Miller, same regiment.∼Morris Lesley was born on January 16, 1845 in Mexico, Miami County, Indiana, a son of Joseph and Barbara (Miller) Lesley; he died November 25, 1863 at The Battle of Missionary Ridge, near Chattanooga, Tennessee while in the United States Army.
On Dec. 25, 1863, Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, "The Rock of Chickamauga," issued General Orders No. 296 creating a national cemetery in commemoration of the Battles of Chattanooga, Nov. 23-27, 1863. Gen. Thomas selected the cemetery site during the assault of his troops that carried Missionary Ridge and brought the campaign to an end. The land was originally appropriated, but later purchased, from local residents Joseph Ruohs, Robert M. Hooke and J. R. Slayton.
The site Thomas selected was approximately 75 acres of a round hill rising with a uniform slope to a height of 100 feet; it faced Missionary Ridge on one side and Lookout Mountain on the other. Gen. Grant established his headquarters on the summit of the hill during the early phase of the four-day battle for Lookout Mountain.
Resident of Mexico, Indiana.
Mustered Nov. 27, 1861.
Killed at Mission Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863.
-Indiana AG
LESLEY, MORRIS
CPL INFANTRY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 11/27/1863
BURIED AT: SECTION D SITE 12383
-VA gravesite locator
U.S. Burial Register lists death date as Nov 27, 1863. Buried next to Jacob Miller, same regiment.∼Morris Lesley was born on January 16, 1845 in Mexico, Miami County, Indiana, a son of Joseph and Barbara (Miller) Lesley; he died November 25, 1863 at The Battle of Missionary Ridge, near Chattanooga, Tennessee while in the United States Army.
On Dec. 25, 1863, Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, "The Rock of Chickamauga," issued General Orders No. 296 creating a national cemetery in commemoration of the Battles of Chattanooga, Nov. 23-27, 1863. Gen. Thomas selected the cemetery site during the assault of his troops that carried Missionary Ridge and brought the campaign to an end. The land was originally appropriated, but later purchased, from local residents Joseph Ruohs, Robert M. Hooke and J. R. Slayton.
The site Thomas selected was approximately 75 acres of a round hill rising with a uniform slope to a height of 100 feet; it faced Missionary Ridge on one side and Lookout Mountain on the other. Gen. Grant established his headquarters on the summit of the hill during the early phase of the four-day battle for Lookout Mountain.
Co B 40th Indiana Infantry
Resident of Mexico, Indiana.
Mustered Nov. 27, 1861.
Killed at Mission Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863.
-Indiana AG
LESLEY, MORRIS
CPL INFANTRY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 11/27/1863
BURIED AT: SECTION D SITE 12383
-VA gravesite locator
U.S. Burial Register lists death date as Nov 27, 1863. Buried next to Jacob Miller, same regiment.∼Morris Lesley was born on January 16, 1845 in Mexico, Miami County, Indiana, a son of Joseph and Barbara (Miller) Lesley; he died November 25, 1863 at The Battle of Missionary Ridge, near Chattanooga, Tennessee while in the United States Army.
On Dec. 25, 1863, Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, "The Rock of Chickamauga," issued General Orders No. 296 creating a national cemetery in commemoration of the Battles of Chattanooga, Nov. 23-27, 1863. Gen. Thomas selected the cemetery site during the assault of his troops that carried Missionary Ridge and brought the campaign to an end. The land was originally appropriated, but later purchased, from local residents Joseph Ruohs, Robert M. Hooke and J. R. Slayton.
The site Thomas selected was approximately 75 acres of a round hill rising with a uniform slope to a height of 100 feet; it faced Missionary Ridge on one side and Lookout Mountain on the other. Gen. Grant established his headquarters on the summit of the hill during the early phase of the four-day battle for Lookout Mountain.
Resident of Mexico, Indiana.
Mustered Nov. 27, 1861.
Killed at Mission Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863.
-Indiana AG
LESLEY, MORRIS
CPL INFANTRY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 11/27/1863
BURIED AT: SECTION D SITE 12383
-VA gravesite locator
U.S. Burial Register lists death date as Nov 27, 1863. Buried next to Jacob Miller, same regiment.∼Morris Lesley was born on January 16, 1845 in Mexico, Miami County, Indiana, a son of Joseph and Barbara (Miller) Lesley; he died November 25, 1863 at The Battle of Missionary Ridge, near Chattanooga, Tennessee while in the United States Army.
On Dec. 25, 1863, Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, "The Rock of Chickamauga," issued General Orders No. 296 creating a national cemetery in commemoration of the Battles of Chattanooga, Nov. 23-27, 1863. Gen. Thomas selected the cemetery site during the assault of his troops that carried Missionary Ridge and brought the campaign to an end. The land was originally appropriated, but later purchased, from local residents Joseph Ruohs, Robert M. Hooke and J. R. Slayton.
The site Thomas selected was approximately 75 acres of a round hill rising with a uniform slope to a height of 100 feet; it faced Missionary Ridge on one side and Lookout Mountain on the other. Gen. Grant established his headquarters on the summit of the hill during the early phase of the four-day battle for Lookout Mountain.
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