Calvin Leach Diary and Letters, 1861-1867

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Calvin Leach Diary and Letters, 1861-1867

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Calvin Leach was born in 1843 and servedas a church clerk in Montgomery County, N.C., before he joined the first NorthCarolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America, in September 1861. Hedied near Mechanicsville, Va., in June 1864. The collection includes Calvin Leach's pocket diary,1861-1864, and five letters, 1863-1867. Note that the first entry in the secondvolume of the diary is marked 1862 and subsequent entries are marked 1863. Contentsindicate, however, that the correct date is 1862 throughout. Most of the diaryentries recount daily life in the army and record military activities in Virginiaand Maryland, especially at Malvern Hill and Antietam. The first four letters werewritten by Leach to his mother and his sister Louisa and relate his livingconditions and news of other men from his hometown. The 1867 letter was to Leach'sfather, D.A. Leach, from William Owens and concerns land appraisal.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Leach, Calvin, 1843-1864.

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Calvin Leach was the oldest of the eight children of D.A. and Rebecca Leach of Scottish descent, from Montgomery County, N.C. He was a church clerk at Walnut Grove before he joined Company B of the First North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America, in September 1861. He died in Richmond in 1864. From the guide to the Calvin Leach Diary and Letters, 1861-1867, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Calvin Le...