Kolb's (Culp's) Farm,
battle of.
Kountz, W. J.,
captain in charge of water transportation on Kanawha.
La Grange, Oscar H., colonel 1st Wisc. Cavalry,
at Sevierville, E. Tennessee;
captured by Wheeler at Dalton.
Lane, P. P., captain in 11th Ohio,
bridges Elk River at Charleston, West Virginia;
manages ferries across Kanawha, improvises ferryboats, etc.;
later colonel of regiment.
Laurel Mountain,
fortified and held by Garnett.
Lawton, Alex. R., brigadier general Confederate States Army,
at Antietam;
wounded.
Leavitt, Humphrey H., Judge U. S. District Court. Cincinnati,
hears Vallandigham habeas corpus case and refuses writ;
good effects of his decision;
issues writs of habeas corpus for release of minors enlisting without parents' consent.
Lee, FitzHugh, brigadier general Confederate States Army,
at South Mountain
Lee, Robt. E.,
resigns commission in U. S. Army;
appointed major general and commander in chief of Virginia forces;
plans invasion of West Virginia;
arrives at Lewisburg, West Virginia, and takes command of army;
at Big Sewell Mountain;
retires to Meadow Bluff;
admits quieting effect of Cox's administration in Kanawha valley;
moves into Maryland;
accurate information as to Cox's transfer to Washington;
unites with Jackson;
concentrates near Frederick, Maryland;
copy of orders for Maryland campaign falls into McClellan's hands;
escapes disaster by McClellan's slowness;
withdraws to Sharpsburg;
plans with reference to McClellan's lack of aggressiveness;
force greatly inferior to McClellan's for two days before battle;
enabled to concentrate whole army except one division;
left wing almost destroyed at Antietam;
had no better success than western generals when opposed to Grant;
orders Loring to clear Kanawha valley;
learned that General Cox was ordered to return to Kanawha valley within three days after order was issued;
defeated at Gettysburg;
suggests Beauregard as successor to Bragg;
declines to assume command of Bragg's army;
deference and cordiality in dealings with confederate administration;
urges union of Johnston and Longstreet and aggressive campaign;
becomes as cautiously defensive as Johnston;
general in chief of Confederate States Army;
sees net closing around him;
too weak to extend lines at Petersburg;
unable to unite with Johnston;
surrender reported to Davis and Johnston.
Lee, S. D., lieutenant general Confederate States Army,
in Department of the Mississippi;
at Jonesboro;
ordered to Atlanta;
commands Hood's old corps;
at Flint River;
at Columbia;
wounded at Nashville, turns command over to D. H. Hill.