Danville Leadbetter
Danville Leadbetter | |
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Danville Leadbetter | |
| Born | August 26, 1811 Leeds, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | September 26, 1866 (aged 55) |
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| Allegiance | United States of America Confederate States of America |
| Branch | U.S. Army Confederate States Army |
| Service years | 1836–1857 (USA) 1861–1865 (CSA) |
| Rank | Captain (USA) Brigadier General (CSA) |
| Conflicts | American Civil War |
Danville Leadbetter (August 26, 1811 – September 26, 1866) was a career U.S. Army officer and later he served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War.
A trained engineer, Leadbetter supervised the construction of forts before and during the war, and is noted for his controversial involvement in the November 1863 Battle of Fort Sanders in eastern Tennessee. After the conflict he left the United States and lived out the remainder of his life on foreign soil.