Henry Wayne
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Henry Constantine Wayne (1815 - 1883)

Brig Gen Henry Constantine Wayne
Born in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgiamap
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Husband of — married 1842 [location unknown]
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Died at age 67 in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgiamap
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Biography

Southern Cross of Honor Henry Constantine Wayne was a United States Army officer, Confederate Adjutant and Inspector-General for Georgia and a Brigadier General during the American Civil War. Graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1838. Participated in the Aroostook and Mexican-American wars. Wayne was known for his commanding the expedition to test the US Camel Corps as part of Secretary of War Jefferson Davis's plan to use camels as a transport in the West.[1]

Son of James Moore Wayne and Mary Johnson Campbell. Husband of Mary Louisa Nicoll. [2] Henry passed away in 1883. Final resting place in Laurel Grove Cemetery (North), Savannah, Georgia.[3]

Sources

  1. ↑ Henry C Wayne, Wikipedia.org, accessed September 18, 2019.
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC33-4Q7 : 2 January 2021), Mary L Wayne in entry for Henry C Wayne, 1870.
  3. ↑ Henry Constantine Wayne, Find A Grave: Memorial #5352, accessed September 18, 2019.




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