Francis Newall LEACH^[1]

1833 - 1864  (31 years)

• Name	Francis Newall LEACH
  Born	10 Jun 1833	Penobscot, Hancock, Maine
  Gender	Male
  Military Event	Civil War - 18th Maine, Co G
  Military Flag	Y
  Died	22 Jun 1864	City Point, Prince George, Virginia
  Buried	Wardwell Cemetery, Penobscot, Maine
  Person ID	I41222	Main
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2012

  
  

  Father	Ebenezer LEACH,   b. 3 Oct 1789, Penobscot, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 15 Sep 1853, Penobscot, Hancock, Maine  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Clarissa WARDWELL,   b. 7 Nov 1797, Penobscot, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 10 Dec 1867, Penobscot, Hancock, Maine  (Age 70 years)
  Married	25 Apr 1816	Penobscot, Hancock, Maine
  Family ID	F28898	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eliza O. WARDWELL,   b. 25 Dec 1837, Penobscot, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 4 Sep 1860, Penobscot, Hancock, Maine  (Age 22 years)
  Married	24 Dec 1858	Penobscot, Hancock, Maine
  Notes	The will of Christian Clapp of Sidbury, co. Devon was proved 12 August 1608 by the executor Nicholas Clapp of Sidbury. She bequeaths to the poor of Sidbury. To her god-children. To god-daughter dwelling at Broadclist, "one Pettecotte with browne charmlet bodyes." To Mary Clapp, a gown. To Elizabeth Clapp, my son Nicholas his wife, my cloak. To Prudence Clapp, Anne Crutchet and Ann Windsam, all my linen apparell tio be equally divided. To Ann Windsam, my feather-bed, a bolster, a red coverlet and the mattress. To Prudence Clapp, my cupboard at Pynhil and a table-board and a brazen pan. To foresaid Ann Windsam £10 to be employed for her benefit and if she die before twenty said £10 to remain to Prudence Clapp. To my daughter Eyde Crutchett £10. To Richard Clapp, my son Nicholas his son, one chest. To Ellen Lee, my kirtle. To Ann Windsam, a brazen pan, a crock and my coffer. Residue to son Nicholas Clapp, executor. Witnesses: William Ebdon, James Taylor. Inventory taken August 9, 1608, by William Warren, John Southwood, Thomas Searle, Thomas Ebdon.  [2]
  Children	1. Roselinda E. LEACH,   b. Sep 1859, Maine ,   d. 22 Jan 1881, Maine  (Age ~ 21 years)
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2015
  Family ID	F28849	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 10 Jun 1833 - Penobscot, Hancock, Maine Married - 24 Dec 1858 - Penobscot, Hancock, Maine  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Nine and a half months, 70,000 casualties, the suffering of civilians, thousands of U. S. Colored Troops fighting for the freedom of their race, and the decline of Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of No. Virginia all describe the Siege of Petersburg. It was here Gen. Ulysses S. Grant cut off all of Petersburg's supply lines ensuring the fall of Richmond on April 3, 1865. Six days later, Lee surrendered. - http://www.nps.gov/pete/index.htm ----- Francis took part in the famous charge of the 18th Maine before Ft. Stedman, Petersburg, Va. on June 18, 1864. The charge was led by 832 men, but only 228 men returned in safety. The field was littered with the dead, dying, or maimed. Francis died on June 26 from his wounds, another brave son who marched away from home never to return. Francis was mustered in on Aug. 21, 1862 in Bangor. He was 29, a farmer, 5 feet 9 inches tall, with brown hair and blue eyes. He died at the 2nd Corps Hospital, City Point, Virginia. The homestead was auctioned off and his brother Martin P. was the highest bidder. Francis' estate consisted of 1 looking glass, 1 Barn, $25, 1 house, $50, 1 Wood House, $50, 50 acres of Pasture, $200, and 16 acres of field, $336. He also had a back wood lot of $116. - http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/u/n/g/Neil-Ungerleider-MA/

  
  

• Sources

  [S116] The Families of my Grandparents, Douglas. [S77] Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, National Park Service.