Captain Leander Woods

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Leander Woods
Died (aged 88)
Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
AllegianceUnion
Service / branchCavalry
Unit7th Ohio Cavalry Regiment
Known forPart of the detachment who captured Jefferson C. Davis

Captain Leander Woods was a member of the detachment of soldiers who participated in the reward for the capture of Jefferson Davis. [1]

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During the war

Captain Woods volunteered with the 7th Ohio Cavalry Regiment. He took part in several battles, was captured and spent several months in a Confederate prison.

Captain Woods was sent with a detachment to find Jefferson Davis. The cavalrymen disguised themselves as Confederate troopers. Captain Woods was guarding a bridge a short distance away from the capture.

After the war

Captain Leander Woods shared the $100,000 reward from President Andrew Johnson. He returned to a career on a steamboat and commanded several of the largest boats on the Ohio River before retiring more than fifty-years later.

He died on October 31, 1932 at the National Military Home in Dayton, Ohio at the age of 88. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "LEANDER WOODS DIES; HELPED CAPTURE DAWS; Last Survivor of Group That Got Reward for Taking Confederate President Succumbs in Ohio". The New York Times. 1932-11-01. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2025-03-11.
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