Leland, Charles Godfrey

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Defender of Carlisle, July 1, 1863 - Private in Landis' Battery
Full name
George Godfrey Leland
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, PA
Burial Place
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
1
Family
Charles Leland (father), Charlotte Godfrey Leland (mother) , Eliza Bella Fisher (wife)
Education
Princeton (College of New Jersey)
Other
Other Education
Heidelberg (Germany), Sorbonne (France)
Occupation
Military
Journalist
Writer or Artist
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Military
Foreign military
Date Event
Shells from General J.E.B. Stuart's horse artillery rain down on Carlisle in an evening bombardment
Major General W.F. Smith's Union troops arrive in Carlisle, Pennsylvania to an enthusiastic welcome
Volunteer Philadelphia Artillery battery, full of distinguished Philadelphians, goes into action at Carlisle
Gettysburg Campaign
Date Title
- Recollection in 1864 of the Shelling of Carlisle, July 1, 1863 by George Wood Wingate
How to Cite This Page: "Leland, Charles Godfrey," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/40282.