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Pvt Caleb Leedy

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Pvt Caleb Leedy

Birth
Richland County, Ohio, USA
Death
7 Apr 1862 (aged 30)
Pittsburg Landing, Hardin County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Shiloh, Hardin County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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20th Ohio. Grave 1689.
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Caleb Leedy was born in Jefferson Twp., Richland Co., OH, the 10th of 11 children to "Pioneer" Samuel and Catharine Elizabeth (Lett) Leedy. Raised as a farmer, he enlisted with Company G, 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. Corporal Caleb Leedy died at the Battle of Shiloh, TN.

Caleb Leedy's headstone was a featured scene in Ken Burn's national TV PBS series on the Civil War; chapter 2 - "1862 A Very Bloody Affair."

Caleb Leedy's 1st cousin, Martin Brown Leedy was also killed at the Battle of Shiloh and is buried in the same cemetery.
Caleb Leedy was born in Jefferson Twp., Richland Co., OH, the 10th of 11 children to "Pioneer" Samuel and Catharine Elizabeth (Lett) Leedy. Raised as a farmer, he enlisted with Company G, 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. Corporal Caleb Leedy died at the Battle of Shiloh, TN.

Caleb Leedy's headstone was a featured scene in Ken Burn's national TV PBS series on the Civil War; chapter 2 - "1862 A Very Bloody Affair."

Caleb Leedy's 1st cousin, Martin Brown Leedy was also killed at the Battle of Shiloh and is buried in the same cemetery.

Bio by: Jim Leedy

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