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Guy Vernor HenryVeteranFamous memorial
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- Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA
- Death
- 27 Oct 1899 (aged 60)New York, New York County, New York, USA
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- Arlington,Arlington County,Virginia,USAShow MapGPS-Latitude: 38.8803, Longitude: -77.0722
- Plot
- Section 2, Site 990
- Memorial ID
- 7837313View Source
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Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. A graduate of the May 1861 United States Military Academy Class (placing 25th out of 45), his classmates included Civil War figures such as Henry A. Du Pont, Emory Upton, Adelbert Ames, H. Judson Kilpatrick, and Charles E. Hazlett. First detailed as a 1st Lieutenant in the 1st United States Regular Artillery, he was commissioned into the Volunteers as Colonel and commander of the 40th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at the Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, on June 1, 1864. His citation reads: "Led the assaults of his brigade upon the enemy's works, where he had 2 horses shot under him." His Medal was awarded to him on December 5, 1893. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on October 28, 1864, for "gallant and meritorious services during the present campaign before Petersburg, Va." He remained in the Regular Army after the war, rising to the rank of Brigadier General. During the Spanish-American War, he was appointed as a Major General of Volunteers, and served as Governor-General of Puerto Rico from 1898 to 1899. He died while in active duty in New York City in October 1899.
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. A graduate of the May 1861 United States Military Academy Class (placing 25th out of 45), his classmates included Civil War figures such as Henry A. Du Pont, Emory Upton, Adelbert Ames, H. Judson Kilpatrick, and Charles E. Hazlett. First detailed as a 1st Lieutenant in the 1st United States Regular Artillery, he was commissioned into the Volunteers as Colonel and commander of the 40th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at the Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia, on June 1, 1864. His citation reads: "Led the assaults of his brigade upon the enemy's works, where he had 2 horses shot under him." His Medal was awarded to him on December 5, 1893. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on October 28, 1864, for "gallant and meritorious services during the present campaign before Petersburg, Va." He remained in the Regular Army after the war, rising to the rank of Brigadier General. During the Spanish-American War, he was appointed as a Major General of Volunteers, and served as Governor-General of Puerto Rico from 1898 to 1899. He died while in active duty in New York City in October 1899.
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- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7837313/guy_vernor-henry: accessed), memorial page for Guy Vernor Henry (9 Mar 1839–27 Oct 1899), Find a Grave Memorial ID7837313, citing Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington,Arlington County,Virginia,USA;Maintained by Find a Grave.
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