★★★ Gantt, Henry Perkins

Henry Perkins Gantt​

Born: 1831

Birthplace: Solitude Plantation, Albemarle County, Virginia

Father: Dr. John Weems Gantt

Mother: Martha "Sally" Blakey Perkins

Wife: Martha "Pattie" Burke Eppes

Children:

Temple Joyner Gantt 1869 – 1892​

(Buried: Western State Hospital Cemetery, Staunton, Virginia)​

Fannie Gantt

Education:

1851: Graduated from Virginia Military Institute​

Occupation before War:

Farmer in Scottsville, Virginia​

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Served in the Virginia State Militia​

Civil War Career:

1861: Captain Scottsville Guard Company C, 19th​ Virginia Infantry​

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1861 – 1862: Major of 19th​ Virginia Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Wounded in the Second Battle of Manassas, Virginia​

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1862 – 1865: Colonel of 19th​ Virginia Infantry Regiment​

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1863: Wounded in shoulder and face Pickett's Charge at Battle of Gettysburg​

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1863 – 1865: Absent often due to the wounds to his shoulder and face received at Gettysburg​

1865: Paroled at Columbia, Virginia in April​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1884: Farmer in Albemarle County, Virginia​

Died: October 4, 1884

Place of Death: White Sulphur Springs, Buckingham County, Virginia

Cause of Death: War Wounds

Age at time of Death: 52 or 53 years old

Burial Place: Gantt Family Cemetery, Scottsville, Virginia

 

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Remembering the Colonels at Gettysburg! Salutes Thanks Colonel Henry Gantt for your service in the Confederate Cause.