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Capt Thomas Leigh

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Capt Thomas Leigh

Birth
Wilkes County, Georgia, USA
Death
2 Sep 1918 (aged 86)
Burial
Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia, USA
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Page 624 of Coweta Co. Chronicles.    His picture is on page 624.  He was a Capt.  Confederate Soldier.  March 11, 1862 enlisted in Co. D, 41st Ga. Reg. under Capt. J.W. Powell.  Was with General Joe Johnston at Bentonville and Kingston in North Carolina.  March 19, shot through the right shoulder, fractured the collar bone.  Was in Perryville, Atlanta, Baker's Creek, seige of Vicksburg, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, Jonesboro, Palmetto, and Nashville.  Never said "Go Boys" but always "come boys."

Page 624 of Coweta Co. Chronicles.    His picture is on page 624.  He was a Capt.  Confederate Soldier.  March 11, 1862 enlisted in Co. D, 41st Ga. Reg. under Capt. J.W. Powell.  Was with General Joe Johnston at Bentonville and Kingston in North Carolina.  March 19, shot through the right shoulder, fractured the collar bone.  Was in Perryville, Atlanta, Baker's Creek, seige of Vicksburg, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, Jonesboro, Palmetto, and Nashville.  Never said "Go Boys" but always "come boys."

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Co D 41st Ga. Regiment

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  • Created by: RL Duncan
  • Added: Mar 25, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67449234/thomas-leigh: accessed ), memorial page for Capt Thomas Leigh (15 May 1832–2 Sep 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 67449234, citing Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by RL Duncan (contributor 46954271).