William Walter Leake (April 22, 1833 – January 20, 1912) was an officer in the Confederate States Army in the American Civil War. He was also an attorney, a member of the Louisiana State Senate, a circuit court judge, a bank president, and a newspaper publisher. He is best known for his role in burying a Union Navy officer in Louisiana, an event now commemorated as "The Day the War Stopped".
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22 April 1833 West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
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Died |
20 January 1912 (aged 78) St. Francisville, Louisiana
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Zodiac | Taurus |
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