Leary enlisted as a corporal in Co. G of the 32nd NC Infantry on April 1, 1862. On July 15, 1862, his rank was reduced to private. On January 1, 1863, he transferred to Co. F of the 59th NC Regiment-4th NC Cavalry. He served ordnance sergeant from February-August 1863.
After the war, he moved to Arkansas. He was living in Phillips, AR in 1870 when he married. He is listed in the 1880 census in Marianna, Lee County, AR, where he was Justice of the Peace. From 1890-1892, he served as an examiner for the public schools in Marianna. By 1900, he was a teacher living in Lee County.
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