PRINCE, Henry

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Affiliation:  Union

Born: June 19 1811, Eastport ME

Died: August 19 1892, London, England

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1835, Seminole war, frontier duty, Mexican War, staff duty.

War Service: April 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 2nd Bde/2nd Divn/II Corps at Cedar Mountain (c), released December 1862, commanded 5th Divn/XVIII Corps at New Berne and Kingston, commanded 2nd Divn/III Corps in the pursuit of the ANV after Gettysburg, judged to have performed unsatisfactorily in the Mine Run campaign, commanded garrisons in Illinois, North Carolina and Georgia.

Post War: Army service in paymaster's department, retired 1879