Excerpt from Ole Miss. 1915-1916, Vol. 20: The Yearbook of the University of Mississippi After three years of faithful study, Dr. Leavell graduated with hon ors, and entered upon the profession of teaching. It was not long, however, until his country called him, and in the month of April, 1861, with the rank of Lieutenant, he entered the Second Mississippi Infantry. After a year's service in the army of Northern Vir ginia, he was elected Captain of his company, and held this command until the battle of Gettysburg, when he was made prisoner and carried to Fort Delaware, thence to Johnson's Island, Ohio. During his imprison ment here, Dr. Leavell was a member of a class of students of Law, taught by General J. Z. George. Through the instrumentality of Dr. Barnard, his former college President, who, though a Northern man, was Dr. Leavell's staunch friend, he was liberated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.