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Posted By: John Heseltine on: 12/06/2004 01:04:31 EDT
Subject: RE: Lt. H.H.Humphreys, 2nd PA Hvy Arty

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Humphreys, Henry Hollingsworth, born in Pennsylvania, son of Andrew Atkinson and Rebecca Hollingsworth; civil engineer in the 1862 Penisular (Va.) campaign under his father’s supervision; volunteer (civilian) aide to his father during Antietam, Md. campaign; Ot. 3, 1862-April 26, 1865 1stlt., 2nd Pa. Heavy Artillery Rgt. aide de camp to his father during Fredericksburg, Va. and slightly wounded; aide de camp to his father during Chancellorsville, Va. campaign; aide de camp to his father at Gettysburg, Pa. and wounded Aug. 1, 1864 brevet capt., volunteers for faithful and meritorious service in the field based on MajGen. G. G. Meade’s recommendation of Nov. 24, 1864; March 13, 1865 brevet maj., volunteers for gallant and meritorious service during the war; April 5, 1865 maj., aide de camp, volunteers; April 9, 1865 brevet ltcol., volunteers for Appomattox, Va. campaign; Nov. 10, 1865 mustered out of volunteers; Feb. 23, 1866 2ndlt. and 1stlt., 17thh U. S. Infantry Rgt. Sept. 21, 1866 transferred to 35th U. S. Infantry Rgt. March 2, 1867 brevet capt., U. S. Army for Fredericksburg, Va., brevet maj., U. S. Army for Gettysburg, Pa. and brevet ltcol., U. S. Army for fall of Petersburg, Va. and Appomattox, Va. campaign. Aug. 12, 1869 transferred to 15th U. S. Infantry Rgt. 1871 married Caroline Stewardson; Jan. 15, 1873 capt. July 13, 1896 maj., 12th U. S. Infantry Rgt. Dec. 23, 1898 ltcol., 22nd U. S. Infantry Rgt. May 25, 1899 retired.

HEADQUARTERS II CORPS
March 27, 1865
Bvt. Brig. Gen. E. D. TOWNSEND, A. A. G., U. S. Army, War Dept.:
GENERAL: Having been assigned to the command of the II Corps by the President of the United States, I beg leave to present the names of the following officers for appointment as aides-de-camp: Lt. and Bvt. Capt. H. H. Humphreys, 112th Pennsylvania Volunteers (alternate designation of 2nd Pa. Heavy Artilery Rgt.), to be aide-de-camp, with the rank of major. Captain Humphreys has served as one of my aides ever since I commanded troops, and was recommended for promotion by brevet for distinguished gallantry at Fredericksburg and at Gettysburg. At the former battle he was slightly, and at the latter severely, wounded. Mr. Henry C. Christiancy of Michigan, to be aide-de-camp, with the rank of captain. Lieutenant Christiancy served as my aide from November 1862 to September 1864, and was recommended for promotion by brevet for gallantry at the battles of Fredericksburg and Gettysburg, rendering me very intelligent service at the latter battle.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
A. A. HUMPHREYS, MajGen., Commanding

Notes: Henry held a commission in 2nd Pa. Heavy Artillery but served as an aide to his father, a major general of volunteers during the Civil War. Andrew was a brigadier general, U. S. Army and chief of engineers from 1866-1879. Congress passed an act on March 2, 1867 giving the President the authority to confer brevet rank on Regular Army officers for their “gallant, meritorious and faithful” service during the Civil War as a volunteer officer. All brevets issued under the act were dated March 2, 1867.

Sources: Heitman: Register of United States Army 1789-1903; Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue; Official Records of the War of the Rebellion

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