Charles Hunton Leache

Charles Hunton Leache N E M V K Y Photo: Reference has newspaper photocopy of a picture.[2350] This is scanned and in photos folder, E:\BHC. Hardcopy is in Source Binder under C for Confederate Veteran. Image is dark and spotted; an actual photograph would be better if one is available. Born: 12 March 1837, near New Baltimore,[2351] at “Wood Park.” [2352] Married: His wife survived him.[2353] Died: 9 December 1910, Pulaski.[2354] “He was struck by a switch engine in the Norfolk and Western yards December 9, 1910 and died that afternoon.”[2355] Buried at Oakwood Cemetery[2356] “(1) he is interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Pulaski, Virginia (I have seen his grave, replete with CSA marker)”.[2357] Obituary: “Worthy as a soldier, Christian, Mason, husband, father, and friend was Mr. C. H. Leache, of Pulaski …”[2358] See Obituary Chapter. Children: He and his wife had five children: Julia; Charles Hunton Leache; Mrs. A. H. Gemmell, of Pulaski; Mrs. J.B. Baskerville, of Roanoke; Mrs. W. Carson Downs of Baltimore, Md.[2359] Parents and Siblings: Jane Roberts (Hunton) and Dr. Jesse Willett Leache.”[2360] Brother was Ninian Willett Leache.[2361] Other Family: His maternal “grandfather, Charles Hunton, was President of the Virginia Senate for four years.”[2362] “His mother, Jane Roberts Hunton, was the first cousin of Brigadier General Eppa Hunton.”[2363] Stories, Letters & Biographies: CSR: “Charles Hunton Leach (Leech)”; enlisted 25 April 1861; detached with Genl. Ewell September to October 1861, Genl. Rhodes November to December 1861; captured 5 July 1863 Greencastle, Pennsylvania; exchanged 18 February 1865; paroled 9 May 1865 Fairfax Courthouse. Additional Information: Captured in Pennsylvania in 1863. Resided in the Valley of Virginia.[2364] Listed as “Charles Leech.”[2365] Listed as “Chas. H. Leach.”[2366] reference for Charles Hunton: http://members.aol.com/jweaver300/grayson/hunton.htm

(This info is taken from the autobiography of Gen. Eppa Hunton).[2367]

Leache Charles Hunton Born:3-12-1837 Fauquier County, VA Buried: Died:12-9-1910 Pulaski, VA Rank/Regt: 4th VA Cav. Black Horse Troop Reference: CV 3-1911, V. XVIX, No. 3. Confederate Dead Database. [2368]

“I will not have a chance to review the C. H. Leache entry until I return home to Massachusetts in a few weeks. However, the information about him was certainly correct in the earlier draft I saw (maybe 1.5 years ago).”[2369]