Guy Vernor Henry Major General, United States Army |
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at Fort Smith, Indian Territory (now Arkansas), March 9, 1839, he graduated
from West Point on May 5, 1861 and served throughout the Civil War and
Indian Wars as Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel
and Brigadier General in the Regular Army.
He received successive brevets for gallantry in various battles and was breveted Brigadier General, U.S. Army, for gallantry at Rose Bud, Montana, where he was shot through the face while fighting Indians. He was awarded theMedal of Honor on December 5, 1893 for his Civil War Service at the battle of Cold Harbor on June 1, 1864 where he was serving as Colonel, 40th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was later Colonel of the all-black 10th U.S. Cavalry and was commanding Fort Assinniboine during the Spanish-American War in 1898. He served as military governor of Puerto Rico following that war. He died at his home in Washington, D.C. on
October 27, 1899 and was buried in Section 2 of Arlington National Cemetery.
HENRY, GUY V. Rank and organization: Colonel, 40th Massachusetts Infantry. Place and date: At Cold Harbor, Virginia, 1 June 1864. Entered service at: Reading Pennsylvania. Birth: Fort Smith, Indian Terrritory (Arkansas). Date of issue: 5 December 1893. Citation: Led the assaults of his brigade upon the enemy's works, where he had 2 horses shot under him. HENRY, GUY V
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