DOB:  March 24, 1841 DOD:  April 5, 1903 Age at Enlistment: 20 Date of Enlistment:  May 9, 1861 Place of Enlistment:  Franklin, TN Rank at Enlistment:  Private Rank at Discharge:  Private Casualty:  None with 1st Tennessee Comments:  The 1850 Census shows Henry living with his family in District 7 of Williamson County (the area northwest of Franklin along modern Hillsboro Road).  The 1860 Census shows him in the same area and attending school, so he could be one of the Harpeth Academy students that walked out with Captain Hanner in 1861.  Henry appears as present on all rosters until 1862.  He reenlisted in April 1862, but in June a medical examination board found him unfit for duty and he was discharged on July 4, 1862 in Tupelo, MS.  By the spring of 1863, he received a commission as Captain on his Uncle’s, General Preston Smith, staff but transferred to General Forrest’s staff a short time later.  He was an eye witness to the incident between Lieutenant Gould and General Forrest, where Gould shot Forrest.  Forrest killed Gould with a knife he had just borrowed from Henry.  Henry only mentions one wound he ever received.  During one of Forrest’s raids on the Federal Garrison at Triune, TN, Henry was slightly wounded in the hip.  Henry states he served through the rest of the war. Henry married Estelle Cuyler on October 29, 1868 and had children.  By the time of the 1870 Census, Henry was living in Rome, GA working as a Grocer.  The 1880 Census shows him still living in Rome but working as a Cotton Broker.  In 1900, he has moved to Atlanta and is still working in the cotton industry.  A city directory shows his home address is 485 Peachtree.  At the time of his death he had moved in with his son and was living in Philadelphia, PA.  He passed away in 1903 from a cerebral hemorrhage.  His death certificate states he is buried in Atlanta but other sources state he was buried in Savannah, GA. 

Left:  Henry in his CS Officers uniform circa 1863 courtesy of the Williamson County Heritage Foundation. Right:  Henry in later life from the Confederate Veteran Magazine