STAFFORD, Leroy Augustus, planter, soldier. Born Greenwood Plantation, Rapides Parish, La., April 13, 1822; son of Leroy Stafford and Elizabeth Susan Callihan. Education: Bardstown, Ky.; Nashville, Tenn. Married, 1843, Sarah Catherine Wright, daughter of Dr. Jesse D. Wright and Sarah R. Grimball. Nine children, one of whom was David Theophilus Stafford (q.v.). Operated his plantation until elected sheriff of Rapides Parish, 1845. Enlisted as a private and served in the Mexican War, 1846-1847. Resumed his plantation work after being mustered out. Raised a volunteer company when the Civil War began and became captain of Company B, Ninth Louisiana Infantry Regiment, July 7, 1861. Elected colonel of his regiment, April 24, 1862. Frequently commanded his brigade and often mentioned by his superiors for his gallant conduct in battle. Wounded in the foot at the Battle of Sharpsburg, Md., September 17, 1862. Promoted to rank of brigadier general, October 8, 1863. Mortally wounded in the Battle of the Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864. Died, Richmond, Va., May 8, 1864; interred, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond; reinterred, Greenwood Plantation, 1866. A.W.B. Sources: George M. G. Stafford, General Leroy Agusutus Stafford, His Forebears and Descendants (1943); Ezra J. Warner, Generals in Gray (1959); Clement A. Evans, Confederate Military History, 13 vols. (1899).

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