John Burns Leatherwood had received word his 3 sons were in the Prison Camp when a contagion broke out and were very ill. He made a perilous journey in order for to be with and administer what aid he could for his sons. Verlin Sylvester Leatherwood died Oct 14 1861, James McNabb Leatherwood died Nov 4 1861, and their father, John Burns Leatherwood, died Nov 17 1861.
They were all buried at the military prison by each other, and later their remains were taken to a Confederate Cemetery near Richmond, in Henrico County, Virginia and reinterred.
The third son, Seburn Alexander Leatherwood was attached to the 16th N.C. Infantry and was captured in 1861. He was a prisoner of War at Hot Springs, N.C. Prison Camp. Sebron recovered from the contagion and was discharged on Dec 20 1861. He returned home, but in 1862 reenlisted in Company A 62nd N.C. Regiment. He was ordered to Cumberland Gap to join General Frazier. On Sep 9 1862, General Grazier surrendered his command and men to General Burnside of the Federal Army, and Sebron was sent to Camp Douglas, Ill. where he was held prisoner until Jun 11 1865. Seburn later moved his family to Oregon and lived until 1921.
They were all buried at the military prison by each other, and later their remains were taken to a Confederate Cemetery near Richmond, in Henrico County, Virginia and reinterred.
The third son, Seburn Alexander Leatherwood was attached to the 16th N.C. Infantry and was captured in 1861. He was a prisoner of War at Hot Springs, N.C. Prison Camp. Sebron recovered from the contagion and was discharged on Dec 20 1861. He returned home, but in 1862 reenlisted in Company A 62nd N.C. Regiment. He was ordered to Cumberland Gap to join General Frazier. On Sep 9 1862, General Grazier surrendered his command and men to General Burnside of the Federal Army, and Sebron was sent to Camp Douglas, Ill. where he was held prisoner until Jun 11 1865. Seburn later moved his family to Oregon and lived until 1921.
John Burns Leatherwood had received word his 3 sons were in the Prison Camp when a contagion broke out and were very ill. He made a perilous journey in order for to be with and administer what aid he could for his sons. Verlin Sylvester Leatherwood died Oct 14 1861, James McNabb Leatherwood died Nov 4 1861, and their father, John Burns Leatherwood, died Nov 17 1861.
They were all buried at the military prison by each other, and later their remains were taken to a Confederate Cemetery near Richmond, in Henrico County, Virginia and reinterred.
The third son, Seburn Alexander Leatherwood was attached to the 16th N.C. Infantry and was captured in 1861. He was a prisoner of War at Hot Springs, N.C. Prison Camp. Sebron recovered from the contagion and was discharged on Dec 20 1861. He returned home, but in 1862 reenlisted in Company A 62nd N.C. Regiment. He was ordered to Cumberland Gap to join General Frazier. On Sep 9 1862, General Grazier surrendered his command and men to General Burnside of the Federal Army, and Sebron was sent to Camp Douglas, Ill. where he was held prisoner until Jun 11 1865. Seburn later moved his family to Oregon and lived until 1921.
They were all buried at the military prison by each other, and later their remains were taken to a Confederate Cemetery near Richmond, in Henrico County, Virginia and reinterred.
The third son, Seburn Alexander Leatherwood was attached to the 16th N.C. Infantry and was captured in 1861. He was a prisoner of War at Hot Springs, N.C. Prison Camp. Sebron recovered from the contagion and was discharged on Dec 20 1861. He returned home, but in 1862 reenlisted in Company A 62nd N.C. Regiment. He was ordered to Cumberland Gap to join General Frazier. On Sep 9 1862, General Grazier surrendered his command and men to General Burnside of the Federal Army, and Sebron was sent to Camp Douglas, Ill. where he was held prisoner until Jun 11 1865. Seburn later moved his family to Oregon and lived until 1921.
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