US -Barry, Henry W.

Henry W. Barry​

Born: April 11, 1840

Birthplace: Schoharie County, New York

Wife: Kate Thyson 1850 – 1907
(Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D. C.)

Children: Frank Thyson Barry 1874 – 1889
(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D. C.)

Political Party: Republican Party

Education:

Self-educated.​

Occupation before War:

1858: Principal of Locust Grove Academy, Louisville, Kentucky​

Civil War service:

1861: Enlisted as private, 10th Kentucky Infantry Regiment

November 1861: Commissioned as First Lieutenant

November 1862: Resigned.

April 1864: Commissioned as Colonel, 8th U. S. Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment at Paducah, Kentucky

April 1864: Skirmish at Smithland, Kentucky

July 1864 – January 1865: Commanding Post of Paducah, Kentucky

August 1864: Skirmish at Haddix's Ferry, Kentucky

March 1865: Brevetted Brigadier General, U. S. Volunteers*

March 1865: Brevetted Major General, U. S. Volunteers*

June – July 1865: Commanding 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 25th Army Corps in Texas.

May 1866: Mustered out of the U. S. Volunteers

* "[Barry's] brevet commissions may have been obtained by fraud" (Civil War High Commands, pp. 118).

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Occupation after War:

1867: Graduated from Columbian College with law degree and admitted to the bar

1867: Delegate to Mississippi Constitutional Convention

1868: Elected to Mississippi State Senate

1870 – 1875: U. S. Representative of Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District (42nd and 43rd U. S. Congresses)

1874: Nominated Henry E. Baker to the U. S. Naval Academy (the United States's third African-American naval cadet)
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Died: June 7, 1875 (after his term ended)

Place of Death: Washington, D. C.

Age at Time of Death: 35 years old

Burial Place: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D. C.