Collett Leventhorpe, the English Confederate: The Life of a Civil War General, 1815-1889

by J. Timothy Cole, Bradley R. Foley, Bradley R Foley

Book Overview

This is the story of Collett Leventhorpe (1815-1889), an Englishman and former captain in the 14th Regiment of Foot. Leventhorpe came to North Carolina about 1843, settled there, and later served the Confederacy as a colonel in the 34th and 11th N.C. and brigadier general commanding the Home Guard in eastern North Carolina. Though he trained as a physician at the College of Charleston in the late 1840s, he never practiced and was a restless man,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786426497
• ISBN13: 9780786426492
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher