WESSELLS, Henry Walton
Affiliation:
Union
Born: February 20 1809, Litchfield CT
Died: January 12 1889, Dover, DE
Pre-War Profession: West Point 1833, Seminole War, Mexican war,
served on Pacific Coast, Dakotas, and Kansas.
War Service: June 1861 Capt. in 6th US Infantry, September 1861 Colonel
of 8th Kansas, served on Missouri border, March 1862 transferred to Army of
the Potomac, April 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, Peninsula campaign,
commanded 2nd Bde/2nd Divn/IV Corps at Seven Pines (w), Seven Days,
commanded District of Albemarle, Plymouth NC (s), exchanged, served as
commissary of prisoners, commanded New York draft rendezvous.
Post War: Army service in the infantry, frontier duty, and retired 1871.