Collett Leventhorpe, Marker N-24
N 36° 00.439 W 081° 31.521
17S E 452655 N 3984887
Marker stands near General Leventhorpe's grave at the Chapel of Rest Cemetery in Caldwell County, North Carolina
Waymark Code: WMDWJ
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 05/30/2006
Views: 31
Collett Leventhorpe was born in 1815 in England, and was a former captain in the 14th Regiment of Foot. He came to North Carolina about 1847, settled there, and later served the Confederacy as a colonel in the 34th and 11th North Carolina, and brigadier general commanding the Home Guard in eastern North Carolina.
Though he trained as a physician at the College of Charleston in the late 1840s, he never practiced and was a restless man, endlessly in search of fortune—before the War in the gold fields of North Carolina and Georgia, and after it in the pursuit of lost estates, art treasures and inventions. But he excelled first and foremost as a Confederate soldier. His command was never defeated in battle, and his record was marred only by his own rejection of a much deserved but very late promotion to CSA brigadier. He lies buried in the beautiful Happy Valley section of Caldwell County.
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This historical marker stands beside North Carolina Route 268 in Caldwell County. The General's Grave is in a Chapel of Rest cemetery about 150 yards north of this marker.
The Text of the marker reads:
"COLLETT LEVENTHORPE"
"Confederate General, Physician, Author. Born in England, Settled in North Carolina about 1847. Grave is 150-yards north."
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