Burrage, Henry Sweetser, 1837-1926

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Dates

Existence: 1837 - 1926

Biography

Henry Sweetser Burrage (January 7, 1837, Fitchburg, Massachusetts – March 9, 1926) was a United States clergyman, editor and author.Burrage graduated from Brown in 1861, entered the 36th Massachusetts Regiment as a private, rose to the rank of captain, was wounded at Cold Harbor and brevetted major of volunteers, and became an assistant adjutant general on the staff. He was captured at Petersburg in November 1864, and held as a prisoner at Libby Prison until February 22, 1865. He resumed his studies at the close of the American Civil War, graduated from Newton Theological Seminary in 1867, spent a year abroad, and from 1869 to 1873 was pastor of the First Baptist Church in Waterville, Maine.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

United States Army of the Potomac general orders

Collection

Identifier: Mss 864607.1

Mss 864607.1

Date(s): 1864-11-07

Scope and Contents

General Orders No. 40 by command of Maj. Gene. Meade and S. Williams, Asst. Adjt. Genl.: Henry S. Burrage is dismissed from military service for being in communication with the enemy and subsequently captured by them.