In the Confederate / Military section of Oak Hill Cemetery at Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia is a stone laid for Charlton Samuel Leach, killed in action during World War I. Based on the dates on his tombstone, Charlton was killed three weeks before his 25th birthday. What is even more heartbreaking, in my opinion, is Charlton was killed just one week before the armistice. Approximately a month after his death, Charlton's parents received a telegram from the War Department. Newnan Herald (Georgia) 6 December 1918, pg. 11 Mr. and Mrs. J. Clayton Leach received a telegram from the War Department yesterday announcing the death of their son, Private Charlton S. Leach, more familiarly known among his friends as "Buddie." He was killed in action on Nov. 4, the report said. Private Leach went with the second contingent from Coweta to Camp Gordon in September of last year, and had been in France for several months, being attached to Co. M, 164th Infantry. He was a splendid yo...
Telling the Tales of Tombstones