Joel Breckenridge Leftwich, student 1839-1840

Leftwich was a lawyer in Campbell County, VA and was serving in the VA House of Delegates in 1861 when he enlisted as captain of Co. D of the 42nd VA infantry, serving until April of 1862. He later joined joined the reserves and was elected captain of the 3rd VA Reserves (Booker's Regiment) on April 16, 1864 and became lieutenant-colonel on September 30, 1864. After the war, Leftwich returned to Campbell County, where the 1870 and 1880 censuses list his occupation as farmer; he was managing his wife's family estate "Walnut Hill," where he had resided since 1842. He served an additional term in the state legislature from 1883-1884. He died January 6, 1890 and is buried in the Moorman-Leftwich cemetery at the family estate "Walnut Hill" on route 683 near Lynchburg, VA.