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Civil War Soldiers - Terry
| Terry, Alfred H., major-general, was
born at Hartford, Conn., Nov. 10, 1827. After a partial course at the
Yale law school he began the practice of law in 1849 and served from
1854 to 1860 as clerk of the superior and supreme courts of his state.
When the Civil war broke out he took the field at once with the 2nd
Conn. militia, of which he had been in command for seven years. On the
expiration of the three months for which his regiment had been called
out by President Lincoln he organized the 7th Conn. infantry and led
it to the front as colonel. He assisted in Gen. Thomas W. Sherman's
expedition against Port Royal in 1862 and was soon afterward made
brigadier-general of volunteers in reward for his services at Fort
Pulaski. From 1862 to 1864 he took part in the operations against
Charleston, Forts Sumter, Wagner and Gregg, on James island and Stono
river, and as an officer in the Army of the James was engaged at
Chester Station, Drewry's bluff, Bermuda Hundred, Deep Bottom,
Fussel's mill, Petersburg, Fort Harrison, New Market road and
Williamsburg road. He was brevetted major-general of volunteers Aug.
20, 1864. In Jan., 1865, he performed one of the most brilliant
exploits of the whole war in the capture of Fort Fisher by assault
after the failure of the first attempt under Gen. Butler. He took over
2,000 prisoners, 167 pieces of artillery, and 2,000 stands of small
arms. This victory secured him a national reputation and he was
further rewarded with a brigadiership in the regular army, a
major-generalship of volunteers and a vote of thanks by Congress: "To
Brevet Maj.-Gen. A. H. Terry and the officers and soldiers under his
command for the unsurpassed gallantry and skill exhibited by them in
the attack upon Fort Fisher, and the brilliant and decisive victory by
which that important work has been captured from the rebel forces and
placed in the possession and under the authority of the United States,
and for their long and faithful service and unwavering devotion to the
cause of the country in the midst of the greatest difficulties and
dangers." He afterward assisted in the capture of Wilmington and for
his services there was brevetted a major-general in the regular army.
After the war he commanded the Departments of Virginia, Dakota (where
he fought the Sioux Indians), and the South. On March 3, 1886, he was
promoted major-general in the regular army to succeed Maj.-Gen.
Hancock. He retired from the service in April, 1888, being at that
time in command of the Division of the Missouri. He died at New Haven,
Conn., Dec. 16, 1890. Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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| Terry, Henry D., brigadier-general,
U.S. Army, was a native of Connecticut, but removed early in life to
Michigan, where he had entered upon the legal profession before the
commencement of the war. He had given considerable attention to
military matters for some years and when the call was made for troops
in June, 1861, he raised a regiment (the 5th Mich.), of which he was
appointed colonel, and which was mustered into the service Aug. 28,
1861. It was ordered to the Army of the Potomac and such were the
ability and military skill manifested by Col. Terry that on July 17,
1862, he was commissioned brigadier- general of volunteers, having
already for some months been in command of a brigade. He served
through the war in the Army of the Potomac, behaving with great
gallantry in the several battles in which he was engaged, and when
mustered out of service in 1865, resumed the practice of his
profession in Washington, D. C., where he continued to reside till his
death, which occurred on June 22, 1869.
Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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