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April (search for this): entry winder-john-henry
Winder, John Henry 1800-1865
Military officer; born in Maryland in 1800; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1820; promoted captain of the 1st Artillery in October, 1842; served in the Mexican War, winning distinction at Contreras, Churubusco, Chapultepec, and the fall of the city of Mexico; promoted major in November, 1860; resigned in the following April and joined the Confederate army, in which he was appointed a brigadiergeneral and given command of Richmond, having under his charge Belle Isle and Libby prison.
Later he was placed in command of the Andersonville prison, Ga. He died in Branchville, S. C., Feb. 9, 1865.
See Confederate prisons.
February 9th, 1865 AD (search for this): entry winder-john-henry
Winder, John Henry 1800-1865
Military officer; born in Maryland in 1800; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1820; promoted captain of the 1st Artillery in October, 1842; served in the Mexican War, winning distinction at Contreras, Churubusco, Chapultepec, and the fall of the city of Mexico; promoted major in November, 1860; resigned in the following April and joined the Confederate army, in which he was appointed a brigadiergeneral and given command of Richmond, having under his charge Belle Isle and Libby prison.
Later he was placed in command of the Andersonville prison, Ga. He died in Branchville, S. C., Feb. 9, 1865.
See Confederate prisons.
1865 AD (search for this): entry winder-john-henry
Winder, John Henry 1800-1865
Military officer; born in Maryland in 1800; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1820; promoted captain of the 1st Artillery in October, 1842; served in the Mexican War, winning distinction at Contreras, Churubusco, Chapultepec, and the fall of the city of Mexico; promoted major in November, 1860; resigned in the following April and joined the Confederate army, in which he was appointed a brigadiergeneral and given command of Richmond, having under his charge Belle Isle and Libby prison.
Later he was placed in command of the Andersonville prison, Ga. He died in Branchville, S. C., Feb. 9, 1865.
See Confederate prisons.
1800 AD (search for this): entry winder-john-henry
Winder, John Henry 1800-1865
Military officer; born in Maryland in 1800; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1820; promoted captain of the 1st Artillery in October, 1842; served in the Mexican War, winning distinction at Contreras, Churubusco, Chapultepec, and the fall of the city of Mexico; promoted major in November, 1860; resigned in the following April and joined the Confederate army, in which he was appointed a brigadiergeneral and given command of Richmond, having under1800; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1820; promoted captain of the 1st Artillery in October, 1842; served in the Mexican War, winning distinction at Contreras, Churubusco, Chapultepec, and the fall of the city of Mexico; promoted major in November, 1860; resigned in the following April and joined the Confederate army, in which he was appointed a brigadiergeneral and given command of Richmond, having under his charge Belle Isle and Libby prison.
Later he was placed in command of the Andersonville prison, Ga. He died in Branchville, S. C., Feb. 9, 1865.
See Confederate prisons.
1820 AD (search for this): entry winder-john-henry
Winder, John Henry 1800-1865
Military officer; born in Maryland in 1800; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1820; promoted captain of the 1st Artillery in October, 1842; served in the Mexican War, winning distinction at Contreras, Churubusco, Chapultepec, and the fall of the city of Mexico; promoted major in November, 1860; resigned in the following April and joined the Confederate army, in which he was appointed a brigadiergeneral and given command of Richmond, having under his charge Belle Isle and Libby prison.
Later he was placed in command of the Andersonville prison, Ga. He died in Branchville, S. C., Feb. 9, 1865.
See Confederate prisons.
November, 1860 AD (search for this): entry winder-john-henry
Winder, John Henry 1800-1865
Military officer; born in Maryland in 1800; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1820; promoted captain of the 1st Artillery in October, 1842; served in the Mexican War, winning distinction at Contreras, Churubusco, Chapultepec, and the fall of the city of Mexico; promoted major in November, 1860; resigned in the following April and joined the Confederate army, in which he was appointed a brigadiergeneral and given command of Richmond, having under his charge Belle Isle and Libby prison.
Later he was placed in command of the Andersonville prison, Ga. He died in Branchville, S. C., Feb. 9, 1865.
See Confederate prisons.