2nd great-granduncle of Jacalyn Vohlken

Private      Co. E       11th Conn. Infantry

Dates of Service: 25 Oct 1861  - 3 Jun 1864 (killed at Cold Harbor, VA)

Leander Campbell was born August 19, 1837 to Amassa and Lucy White Campbell, and was the brother of my great grandmother, Moina Campbell Fosdick.  Leander worked as a farmer, and was never married.  

He went into the service of his country, along with his brother Charles, and served in many battles, including Newbern, Antietam, South Mountain, Fredericksburg, and others, but was killed on the morning of June 3, 1864, during the Union attack on Confederate positions at Cold Harbor, Va.  

The whereabouts of his body is not known to the family, but it is possible that he is buried with the unknowns at the cemetery at Cold Harbor.  A memorial to Leander is now in place at the cemetery in Fennville, Michigan, next to the grave of his sister, Moina Fosdick.

See the Memorial Service for Leander Campbell, held on June 1, 2002.

GRAVESITE: Memorial at Fennville Cemetery, Fennville, Michigan

Written by Jacalyn Vohlken, February 2003