Not sure about others, but I think it took me more time to answer these two questions than any given 5 previous questions and I still worry that the bonus is incorrect.
Answers: Colonel
Henry Walter Kingsbury / 11th Connecticut Infantry / sister married Confederate Major General Simon Bolivar Buckner- ALSO Kingsbuy's wife was sister in law to Confederate Major General David R. Jones
Before the Antietam Campaign:
Son of USMA graduate and career Army officer JJB Kingsbury, he was appointed 2nd Lt, and soon after 1st Lieutenant in the 5th US Artillery after graduating from West Point in May 1861. He was in command of Battery D, 5th US Artillery (attached to Morell's 1st Division of the V Corps) at the Seven Days (June - July 1862 ). He accepted the appointment as Colonel of the
11th Connecticut Infantry and took command in July 1862.
In the Antietam Campaign:
He led his regiment in the first assault on the Rohrbach (later Burnside's) Bridge about 11 am on the 17th. Their attack was repulsed, but the regiment continued to fire on the defenders from the East bank of the Antietam until it was eventually stormed at about 1 pm. At about that time Col Kingsbury
was shot at least 4 times - mortally wounded while encouraging his men - he died the next day.
Birth Date: 05/25/1836 Place of Birth: Chicago, IL
College:
US Military Academy, West Point, NY Graduating Year: 1861
Class Rank: 4th
Death Date: 9/18/1862 Death Place: Sharpsburg, MD Burial Place: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
source:
http://antietam.aotw.org/officers.php?officer_id=218
His sister, Mary, wed future Confederate Major General Simon Bolivar Buckner. Their wedding was an auspicious one; during the ceremony the house next door caught fire and the wedding was paused while the groom, clergy and guests doused the flames. Late in 1861
Kingsbury married Eva Taylor, sister-in-law of his close friend David R. Jones. a future Major General in the Confederate Army.
source:
http://shaf.org/take-care-of-the-men/
BONUS: I could not find a clear answer to this question- actual unit designation or common name???. It looks like the answer you are looking for is
Blazer's Scouts (or the
*Legion of Honor), but please see below for unit designations
.
Col. Carr B. White of the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 8th Army Corps came up with a more organized way to deal with the guerillas and to provide for security of the Army.
On the 5th of September, 1863, he issued the following order:
Three (3) Lieutenants, eight (8) Sergeants, eight (8) corporals and one-hundred (100) privates will be received as volunteers to form an independent Scouting Company for this brigade.
The company will be relieved from guard, fatigue and other camp duties during the continuance of its organization. At least one half of the company will be expected to be on the scout all the time. Its headquarters will be in the woods. None but experienced woodsmen and good shots will be accepted. Commanders of regiments are directed to receive and report the names of suitable men volunteering for this service.
The brigade consisted of the 9th West Virginia Infantry and the 12th and 91st Ohio Infantries. Captain John White Spencer of the 9th WVA was chosen to command the scouts and Lieutenants Harrison Gray Otis of the 12th Ohio and Richard Blazer of the 91st Ohio were also assigned as well.
*Assertions in the Mosby accounts that these men took on the designation “Legion of Honor” almost certainly have no basis in fact. Not one of the men assigned ever used this term in an article, pension record or had it attributed to them in their obituaries. They were proud to be “Independent Scouts” or call themselves “Blazer’s Scouts” after the man who would command them in 1864.
source:
http://www.wvcivilwar.com/blazers-scouts/