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Tag Archives: Gen. Danville Leadbetter
Builder of lighthouses
The designer of Fort Sanders, Confederate Gen. Danville Leadbetter, learned his engineering trade at West Point, where he graduated in 1836. He then designed Gulf of Mexico lighthouses, several of which still stand. His work included Sand island, off Mobile; … Continue reading
Leadbetter at Mobile: Some slaves available
Confederate engineer Gen. Danville Leadbetter had no luck at all finding slaveholders willing to loan him their slave laborers to finish Fort Sanders, and so it remained only roughed-out when the Union took Knoxville. The planters of Alabama were just … Continue reading
Danville Leadbetter
“Leadbetter,” First Lieutenant J. Thompson Brown of the Boy Battery muttered when he heard that the Rebel infantry were to be expected to surprise the Yankees in Fort Sanders, instead of the fort being subjected to a concentrated artillery pounding. … Continue reading
