CS Con ★★★ Burnett, Henry Cornelius - C.S. Senator, KY

Henry Cornelius Burnett

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Born: October 5, 1825

Birthplace: Essex County, Virginia

Father: Dr. Isaac Burnett 1801 – 1865

Mother: Martha F. Garrett

Wife: Mary Amanda Terry 1830 – 1925
(Buried: East End Cemetery, Cadiz, Kentucky)​

Children:

Henry Judge Burnett 1844 – 1921​
(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)​
Terry Burnett 1851 – 1851​
(Buried: East End Cemetery, Cadiz, Kentucky)​
Mary Burnett Pace 1862 – 1945​
(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)​

Political Party: Democratic Party

Occupation before War:


1847 – 1851: Attorney in Cadiz, Kentucky​
1851 – 1853: Clerk for Trigg County Kentucky Circuit Court​
1855 – 1861: United States Congressman from Kentucky​
1855 – 1857: Member House Post Office Expenditures Committee​
1857 – 1861: Member of House District of Columbia Committee​

Civil War Career:

1861: Expelled from United States Congress on December 3rd​.​
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 8th ​Kentucky Infantry Regiment​

1861 – 1862: Kentucky Delegate Confederate Provisional Congress
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1862: Resigned as Colonel on February 3rd​.​
1862 – 1865: Confederate States Senator from Kentucky​
1862 – 1864: Member of Senate Claims Committee​
1862: Member of Senate Commerce Committee​
1862: Member of Senate Judiciary Committee​
1862: Chairman of Senate Pay and Mileage Committee​
1862: Chairman of Join Congressional Buildings Committee​
1862: Temporary member of Senate Naval Affairs Committee​
1863 – 1865: Member of Senate Military Affairs Committee​
1864 – 1865: Chairman of Senate Claims Committee​
1864: Temporary member of Senate Engrossment Committee​
His main interest was in army matters.​
He worked to create bands of partisan rangers to assist in reclaiming Kentucky.​
He recommended drafting all men capable of bearing arms and putting in the field all noncombatants and replacing them with older and disabled men.​
He was known to have been a friend of President Davis and supported Davis's program enthusiastically.​
The only exception to his loyalty to President Davis was the sponsorship of a bill exempting everyone exempted by state law.​
One of only three members of Kentucky delegation to serve in all three congresses.​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1866: Attorney in Cadiz, Kentucky​
1865 – 1866: Worked to restore Kentucky to Democratic control​

Died: October 1, 1866

Place of Death: Hopkinsville, Kentucky

Cause of Death: Cholera

Age at time of Death: 40 years old

Burial Place: East End Cemetery, Cadiz, Kentucky
 
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Burnett is described by a Unionists paper as "a big, burly, loud-mouthed fellow who is forever raising points of order and objections, to embarrass the Republicans in the House".
He was expelled from the House in 1861. His actions there where deemed treasonable.
 
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I believe he was appointed Colonel but never served. Ltc. Hylan B. Lyon was senior officer of 8th Kentucky for almost all it's existence.
He did join the 8th Kentucky at Fort Donelson but Burnett escaped with John Floyd's retreat while most of the 8th was captured. That was pretty much his military career.
 
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