Henry Dwight Terry
Born: March 16, 1812
Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut
Father: Henry Terry 1771 – 1827
(Buried: Enfield Cemetery, Enfield, Connecticut)
Mother: Julia Ripley 1792 – 1881
(Buried: Enfield Cemetery, Enfield, Connecticut)
Wife: Louisa Marion Clemens 1822 – 1890
(Buried: Clinton Grove Cemetery, Clinton, Michigan)
Children:
Julia R. Terry Dwight 1859 – 1916
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery Detroit Michigan)
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Detroit Michigan
Civil War Career:
1861: Organizer of 5th Michigan Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 5th Michigan Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Served in the Defenses of Washington, D.C.
1862: Served in the Peninsula Campaign in Virginia
1862: Wounded by a spent ball at the Battle of Williamsburg
1862 – 1865: Brigadier General Union Army Volunteers
1863: Served with Keyes Corps at Baltimore Cross Roads
1863: Served in the Mine Run Campaign in Virginia
1863 – 1865: Commandant of Johnson’s Island Union Prison
1865: Resigned from the Union Army on February 7th
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1869: Attorney in Washington, D.C.
Died: June 22, 1869
Place of Death: Washington, D.C.
Cause of Death: Bright’s disease of the kidneys
Age at time of Death: 57 years old
Burial Place: Clinton Grove Cemetery, Clinton, Michigan
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