Henry Augustus Wise (May 24, 1819 – April 3, 1869) was anauthor andUnited States Navy officer.
He was born inBrooklyn, New York, to George Stewart Wise and Catherine Standsberry. The Wise family moved to Virginia and his Naval career began in 1834 as a midshipman. Henry served in theMexican-American War as a lieutenant on board therazeeIndependence, seeing action in theGulf of California. He dedicated his consequent naval service in becoming an expert in gunnery. When theAmerican Civil War broke out he considered serving with his home state ofVirginia when they left the Union but opted to stay in the U.S. Navy as a captain. Promoted to commander of theUSS Niagara in 1862, he was soon ordered to destroy theGosport Navy Yard, near his old home. In 1864 President Abraham Lincoln appointed Wise chief of theBureau of Ordnance, and he was promoted to captain in 1866; he held the ordnance position until his resignation in 1868. He died inNaples, Italy, the following year. In 1850 he married Catherine Brooks Everett, daughter ofEdward Everett and Charlotte Gray Brooks.
Under the pen name of "Harry Gringo"
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