Robert E. Leigh joined the Co. A of the 5th Battalion MS Infantry September 11, 1861. He was commissioned as second lieutenant in Co. I of the 43rd MS Infantry on December 1, 1861. He resigned on February 10, 1862, and no further record of service has been located..
The 1860 census lists him as a merchant in Columbus, MS and he owned 3 slaves. No further record is found, although a family history indicates he was killed in 1862.
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