Bob,

For your benefit and Hugh Simmons, here is an abbreviated service record for Leslie Combs Blankenship of the 11th Virginia Infantry from Ancestry.Com. He definitely was captured on the third day at Gettysburg, so the "Pickett's Charge" claim could or should, definitely be true as the 11th Virginia was a part of Kemper's Brigade in Pickett's Division. As Hugh stated, if you'd like to obtain his Compiled Military Service Record and/or his pension application file, you can order it through the link at the end of this message or through the ad at the top center of this page.

Jim Martin

Name: Leslie Combs Blankenship
Enlistment Date: 18 Mar 1862
Birth Date: 11 Nov 1840
Death Date: 6 May 1916
Death Place: Naruna, VA
Service Record:
Enlisted as a Private on 18 March 1862
Enlisted in Company C, 11th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 18 March 1862.
Absent, sick on 15 May 1862
POW on 03 July 1863 at Gettysburg, PA
Exchanged on 15 May 1864
Surrendered Company C, 11th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 09 April 1865 in Appomattox Court House, VA
Paroled on 29 May 1865 at Campbell Court House, VA