Brigadier General John Henry Winder
Brigadier General John Henry Winder
Background
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Birth:
21 February 1800, Somerset County, Maryland
Death: 7 February 1865, Florence, South Carolina
Buried: Green Mountain Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland
Biography: He was the son of General William. H. Winder, a soldier of the war of 1812, including being captured 6 June 1813, Stony Creek, Canada, and held prisoner. He graduated from the United States military academy in 1820, served at Fort McHenry and on the Florida frontier until he resigned in August 1823. He was reappointed with rank of second lieutenant of artillery in 1827, promoted ti first lieutenant in 1833 and served in the Florida war. Promoted captain in 1842, he served in the Mexican war at La Hoya, Ocalaca, Contreras, Churubusco, Chapultepec and City of Mexico, was brevetted major and lieutenant colonel for gallantry; promoted to major 22 November 1860. He resigned his USA commission 27 April 1861. He entered the Confederate service, was made brigadier general and given command at Richmond, where he had charge of the Libby and Belle Isle military prisons. Subsequently, he was assigned to command the prison camp at Andersonville, Georgia.
Source:
Confederate Military History, Volume I
Columbia Military POW Prison Page
Seed Corn Page
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