James H. Ledlie
Date of Birth: April 14, 1832
Hometown: Utica, NY
Education: Union
College
Final Wartime Rank: Brigadier General
Final Peacetime Rank: N/A
Date of Death: August 15, 1882
Place of Death: Staten Island, NY
Buried At:
Utica, NY
Major Battles: Burnside's Carolina Coast Campaign, Overland Campaign, Siege of Petersburg
Interesting Fact(s): Ledlie is most well known, for huddling in a "bomb proof" during Ambrose Burnside's poorly executed Battle of the Crater, at Petersburg. It was said that he was intoxicated, and he was virtually cashiered out of the army.
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