EUSTIS, Henry Lawrence

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Affiliation:  Union

Born: February 1 1819, Boston MA

Died: January 11 1885, Cambridge MA

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1842 (1st in class), engineer duty, assistant professor at West Point, resigned 1849, professor of engineering at Harvard.

War Service: August 1861 Col. of 10th Massachusetts, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, commanded 2nd Bde/3rd Divn/VI Corps at Gettysburg, commanded 4th Bde/2nd Divn/VI Corps at Wilderness, commanded 3rd Bde/1st Divn/VI Corps at Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, September 1863 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, resigned June 1864

Post War: Professor of engineering at Harvard