John Henry Winder
Born: February 7, 1800
Birthplace: Rewston Plantation, Somerset County, Maryland
Father: Brig. General William Henry Winder 1775 – 1824
(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)
Mother: Gertrude Polk 1781 – 1872
(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)
1st Wife: Elizabeth Shepherd 1804 – 1825
(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)
2nd Wife: Caroline Ann Cox
Children:
William Sidney Winder 1828 –
Captain William Andrew Winder 1829 – 1903
Major John Cox Winder 1831 – 1896
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina)
Thomas P. Winder 1830 –
Getrude Winder 1832 –
Education:
1820: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (11th in class)
Occupation before War:
1820 – 1823: Served in United States Army rising to 2nd Lt.
1823 – 1827: Unsuccessfully Managed his father's Plantation
1827 – 1861: Served in United States Army rising to Brevet Lt. Colonel
1837: Tactics Instructor at West Point Military Academy
1838 – 1840: Regimental Adjutant for 1st United States Artillery
Civil War Career:
1861: Colonel of Confederate Army Infantry
1861 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
1861: Assistant Inspector General of Camps of Instruction
1861 – 1864: Commander of Department of Henrico
1864: Commander of 2nd District of North Carolina & Southern Virginia
1864: Commander of Camp Sumter
1864: Commander of Military Prisons in Georgia
1864: Commander of Military Prisons in Alabama
1864 – 1865: Commander of Confederate Bureau of Prison Camps
Died: February 7, 1865
Place of Death: Florence, South Carolina
Cause of Death: Heart Attack
Age at time of Death: 64 years old
Burial Place: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland
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