LeRoy Fitch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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US Navy officer
Date of Birth: 01-Oct-1835
Place of Birth: Logansport, Indiana, United States
Date of Death: 13-Apr-1875
Profession: military officer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About LeRoy Fitch
- LeRoy Fitch (born 1 October 1835 in Logansport, Indiana), was a member of the United States Naval Academy class of 1856, and served with great distinction in the American Civil War and afterward.
- Commanding Moose in the Mississippi Squadron, in 1863 he pursued General John Hunt Morgan, CSA, the famed raider, for 500 miles up the Ohio River, frustrating Morgan's attempts to cross the river and retire to Confederate territory.
- Commander Fitch died in Logansport, Indiana, 13 April 1875.
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