COL Kingsbury, Henry Walter

Henry Walter Kingsbury
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Born: December 25, 1836

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois

Father: Major Julius Jesse Bronson Kingsbury 1797 – 1856

(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury, Connecticut)​

Mother: Jane Creed Stebbins 1810 – 1892

(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury, Connecticut)​

Wife: Evelyn McLean Taylor 1845 – 1917

(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​

Children:

Henry Walter Kingsbury Jr. 1862 – 1900​

(Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​

Education:

May 1861: Graduated West Point Military Academy – (4th​ in class)​

Occupation before War:

1861: Brevet 2nd​ Lt. United States Army, Ordnance Department​

Civil War Career:

1861: 2nd​ Lt. United States Army Ordnance Department​

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1861 – 1862: 1st​ Lt. United States Army, 5th​ Artillery​

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1861: Assistant Ordnance Officer at Fort Monroe Arsenal in Virginia​

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1861: Aide – de – camp to Brig. General Irvin McDowell​

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1861: Served as Aide during the First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia​

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1861 – 1862: Served in the Washington, D.C. Defenses​

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1862: Colonel of 11th​ Connecticut Volunteers Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Served in the Battle of Gaines Mill, Virginia​

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1862: Served in the Battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia​

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1862: Served in the Battle of South Mountain​

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1862: Mortally wounded (four wounds) at Battle of Antietam​

Died: September 18, 1862

Place of Death: Sharpsburg, Maryland

Cause of Death: Died of war wounds

Age at time of Death: 26 years old

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

 

[Bruce Allardice]

Confederate General Simon B. Buckner married his sister.

 

[John Wolf Smith]

He was the brother in law of Confederate Major General David R. Jones.

 

[Pollaco]

He was the brother in law of Confederate Major General David R. Jones.

And D.R.Jones was an In-law to the Taylor's (Zachary), so some sort of kin to Jefferson Davis and Gen. Richard Taylor.

 

[Pollaco]

He was being carried from "the field" when he first received the Mortal Wounds. That field happened to be Burnsides Bridge which the 11th Connecticut was storming.

 

[Pollaco]

His actual burial is in Washington D.C.but there is a cenotaph for him in Lyme, Connecticut.

 

[Pollaco]

He was being carried from "the field" when he first received the Mortal Wounds. That field happened to be Burnsides Bridge which the 11th Connecticut was storming.

One source states that he was mortally wounded while encouraging his men while on the East Bank of the creek, but ever way he was already wounded in the foot while storming the bridge.

 

[ErnieMac]

The following link goes to a Historynet article describing the assault of the 11th Connecticut on the Burnside Bridge and Kingsbury's death.

A Closer Look at First Assault at Antietam's 'Creek of Death'

Two of the 11th Connecticut's officers died in gallant rush on Burnside Bridge

www.historynet.com