death_place death_date children birth_place nationality birth_date known_for spouse article_title name occupation
st. francisville , louisiana 20 january 1912 11 west feliciana parish , louisiana american april 22 , 1833 confederate army officer margaret mumford william walter leake
 william walter leake attorney
william walter leake

william walter leake -lrb- april 22 , 1833 -- january 20 , 1912 -rrb- was an officer in the confederate states army in the american civil war .
he was also an attorney , a member of the louisiana state senate , a circuit court judge , a bank president , and a newspaper publisher .
he is best known for his role in burying a union navy officer in louisiana , an event now commemorated as `` the day the war stopped '' .
