WISE, Henry Alexander

Confederate

Born: December 3 1806, Drummondtown VA

Died: September 12 1876, Richmond VA

Pre-War Profession: Lawyer, US congressman, minister to Brazil, governor of Virginia.

War Service: June 1861 Brig. Gen., Kanawha Valley, Roanoke Is., coastal defenses of the Carolinas and Florida, commanded Wise's Bde/Johnson's Divn at Petersburg, Richmond, commanded a division in the last days, Sayler's Creek, Appomattox.

Post War: Lawyer