Henry B. Carrington

Henry Beebee Carrington (born March 2, 1824 in Wallingford , Connecticut, † October 26, 1912 ) was an American lawyer, university professor and general in the American Civil War .

Life

Carrington was born in Wallingford, Connecticut. In 1845 he graduated from Yale University . At the Irving Institute in Tarrytown (New York) he taught science and ancient Greek from 1846 to 1847.

In 1847 he continued his law degree at Yale and taught at a women's college . The following year he moved to Columbus, Ohio . He was an anti- slavery activist belonging to the Whig , and from 1854 helped build the Republican Party, which under the influence of Abraham Lincoln established itself as a new political force.

Carrington was called up as a colonel in the 18th U.S. Infantry in March 1861. He built 10 volunteer regiments at the beginning of the Civil War and helped organize the first 26 regiments from Ohio. In March 1863, Carrington was promoted to brigadier general. He clashed with Oliver P. Morton , the governor of Indiana, who sympathized with the Confederates. From 1863 until the end of the war he then served in a volunteer regiment.

After the Civil War, Carrington moved west. He built Fort Phil Kearny , but lost the respect of the other officers, as he sought a peaceful coexistence with the Indians. In December 1866, the Indians destroyed a command of 80 soldiers under Captain William Fetterman in the vicinity of the fort ( Fetterman battle ). Fetterman had acted against Carrington's orders. Ulysses S. Grant wanted to stand up for Carrington in court, but refrained from doing so on the advice of William T. Sherman . Carrington's military career was ruined.

In 1870 Carrington retired and taught military affairs as a professor at Wabash College in Indiana. In 1878 he left this position and moved to Hyde Park in Boston. He campaigned for Indian rights and conducted a Cherokee census .

Publications

• The Scourge of the Alps (1847)
• Russia Among the Nations and American Classics (1849)
• Battles of the American Revolution, 1775–81 (1876)
• Crisis Thoughts (1878)
• Battle Maps and Charts of the American Revolution (1881)
• The Indian Question (1884)
• Battles of the Bible
• Boston and New York, 1775 and 1776 (1885)
• Washington the Soldier (1899)
• The Exodus of the Flat Head Indians (1902).
• AB-SA-RA-KA, Land of Massacre: Being the Experience of an Officer's Wife on the Plains (1868) was written by Carrington's wife, Margaret

About Carrington:

• Who Was Who in America Vol. 1 1897–1942. Chicago: AN Marquis Company, 1943.

Web links

• Henry B. Carrington in the database of Find a Grave (English)