General Leroy Augustus STAFFORD^[1]

1822 - 1864  (42 years)

• Name	Leroy Augustus STAFFORD
  Prefix	General
  Born	13 Apr 1822	Stafford Cem., Cheneyville, Rapides Par.,, Louisiana
  Gender	Male
  Census	1860	Rapides Par., Louisiana
  _UID	025997264DEE56419280055FFF4F3B8F78F9
  Died	8 May 1864	Richmond City, Virginia
  Buried	Stafford Cem., Cheneyville, Rapides Par.,, Louisiana
  Person ID	I37706	Branch 003 William Stafford I 1606 ENG
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2017

  
  

  Father	Leroy STAFFORD,   b. 19 Apr 1783, Beaufort District, South Carolina ,   d. 10 Apr 1835, Bayou Boeuf, Rapides Par., Louisiana  (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Susan CALLIHAM,   b. 29 Apr 1798, Edgefield, South Carolina ,   d. 20 Aug 1866, De Soto, Illinois  (Age 68 years)
  Married	8 Mar 1821	Louisiana
  Notes	REFN150900
  Family ID	F14068	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Catharine WRIGHT,   b. 26 Aug 1826, Rapides Par., Louisiana ,   d. 5 Oct 1896, Cheneyville, Rapides Par., Louisiana  (Age 70 years)
  Married	24 Aug 1843	Rapides Par., Louisiana
  Notes	REFN150934
  Children	1. George Waters STAFFORD,   b. 2 Jun 1844, Rapides Par., Louisiana ,   d. Apr 1890, Gainesville, Texas  (Age 45 years)   2. Sally STAFFORD,   b. 3 Apr 1846, Rapides Par., Louisiana ,   d. 18 Mar 1915, Williamsburg, York Co., Virginia  (Age 68 years)   3. Elizabeth Eloise STAFFORD,   b. 15 Feb 1848, Rapides Par., Louisiana ,   d. Between 1848 and 1850   4. Gen. David Theophilus STAFFORD,   b. 12 Sep 1849, Rapides Par., Louisiana ,   d. 18 Jan 1926, Alexandria, Rapides Par., Louisiana  (Age 76 years)   5. Cornelia Knox STAFFORD,   b. 5 Sep 1851, Rapides Par., Louisiana ,   d. 17 Oct 1926, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California  (Age 75 years)   6. Julia Laura STAFFORD,   b. 18 Apr 1853, Rapides Par., Louisiana ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Jesse Wright STAFFORD,   b. 10 Feb 1856, Rapides Par., Louisiana ,   d. 25 Aug 1922, Alexandria, Rapides Par., Louisiana  (Age 66 years)   8. Rosalind "Rosa" STAFFORD,   b. 4 Dec 1857, Rapides Par., Louisiana ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Leroy Augustus STAFFORD, Jr.,   b. 24 Sep 1860, Rapides Par., Louisiana ,   d. 7 Dec 1902  (Age 42 years)   10. Kate Keary STAFFORD,   b. 16 Dec 1863, Rapides Par., Louisiana ,   d. 15 Jul 1895, Rocky Mt., Bossier Par., Louisiana  (Age 31 years)
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2021
  Family ID	F14069	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  General Leroy Augustus Stafford in Uniform

  
  

• Notes

  REFN: 25564 Pre-War Profession: Planter, sheriff, Mexican War, Capt. in Stafford Guards militia. Leroy Augustus Stafford was born 13 April 1822 at Greenwood Plantation, near Cheneyville in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. He completed college preparatory schooling at Bardstown, Kentucky, and college at Nashville,Tennessee. He was a planter at Greenwood Plantation until 1853, and thereafter at Edgefield Plantation, both in Rapides Parish. In 1843, he married Sara Catherine, daughter of Dr. Jesse Durastus Wright, also of Rapides Parish. During the period 1846-47, L. A. Stafford was Sheriff of Rapides Parish but, by permission of the legislature, enlisted in the US Army for service in the War with Mexico, initially as a private soldier with the "Rapides Volunteers" (Company E, 3d Louisiana Infantry Regiment) and later with Captain Ben McCul lough's Texas Rangers. In 1861, he formed the "Stafford Guards", mustered into service in the Confederate Army as Company B, 9th Louisiana Infantry. Initially captain of this company, he was appointed colonel commanding the 9th Loui siana Infantry in 1862. He served in this capacity in the Army of Northern Virginia, later commanding the 1st Louisiana Brigade. In October 1863 he was appointed brigadier general and commander of the 2d Louisiana Brigade. General Stafford was mortally wounded in combat during the Battle of the Wilderness , and died at Richmond on 8 May 1864. He is buried at Greenwood Plantation, his ancestral home. The plaque to the left is found at the Wilderness Battlefield, Fredericksburg, Virginia and states as follows: "Confederate General Leroy A. Stafford of Louisiana fell mortally wounded in this vicinity during the afternoon fighting. General Ewell, however, continued to reinforce this line , extending it farther to the north, your left. When the Federals attempted to outflank Ewell's men at 7:00 p.m., they discovered a Virginia brigade overlapping their battle front. Bitter combat at a range of 150 yards or less raged until darkness enveloped the Wilderness and ended the bloodshed. The Confederate line north of the Orange Turnpike had held fast all day, May 5th." Census: Listed as Leroy Stafford, a farmer, with wife Catharine, children George, Sally, David, Cornelia R., Julia, & Rosaline and mother Elizabeth. Buried: Civil War Confederate General. Original Burial Site. Stafford was mortally wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness on May 5, 1864 and died at the Spottswood Hotel in Richmond on May 8. He was first buried in Hollywood Cemetery in the plot now occupied by Col. Chatham R. Wheat (N-21). His remains were later removed to the Stafford Family Cemetery, Cheneyville, La.

  
  

• Sources

  [S154] Imported GEDCOM file.