Joseph Bloomfield Leake

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Joseph Bloomfield Leake
Born	(1828-04-01)April 1, 1828 Deerfield, New Jersey
Died	June 8, 1913(1913-06-08) (aged 85) Chicago, Illinois
Place of burial	Oakdale Memorial Gardens Davenport, Iowa
Allegiance	United States of America Union
Service / branch	United States Army Union Army
Years of service	1861–1865
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel Brevet Brigadier General
Unit	20th Iowa Infantry Regiment
Battles / wars	American Civil War Battle of Prairie Grove Siege of Vicksburg Siege of Port Hudson Battle of Stirling's Plantation
Other work	U.S. District Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois

Joseph Bloomfield Leake (April 1, 1828 – June 8, 1913) was an attorney and an Iowa State Senator who entered the Union Army during the American Civil War. He became a Brevet Brigadier General before the war was over. After the war he became the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago.