Alfred Terry
| Alfred Howe Terry | |
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| Born |
November 10, 1827 Hartford, Connecticut |
| Died | December 16, 1890 (aged 63) New Haven, Connecticut |
| Place of burial | Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut |
| Allegiance |
United States Union |
| Service/branch |
United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1861–1888 |
| Rank |
 Major General
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| Commands held |
2nd Connecticut Volunteer Infantry X Corps Military Division of the Missouri |
| Battles/wars |
Nez Perce War |
| Awards | Thanks of Congress |
| Other work | author |
Alfred Howe Terry (November 10, 1827 – December 16, 1890) was a Union general in the American Civil War and the military commander of the Dakota Territory from 1866 to 1869 and again from 1872 to 1886. In 1865, Terry led Union troops to victory at the Second Battle of Fort Fisher in North Carolina.
Although born in Hartford, Connecticut, Alfred Terry's family quickly moved to New Haven, where he spent most of his childhood. Terry graduated from the Hopkins School in New Haven in 1838. After attending Yale Law School in 1848, Terry became a lawyer and was appointed clerk of the Superior Court of New Haven County.
When the Civil War started, Terry raised the 2nd Connecticut Infantry Regiment, and was appointed colonel. The regiment fought at First Bull Run, after which Terry and his regiment were transferred to South Carolina. On September 13, 1861, at New Haven, Connecticut, Col. Terry organized an elite and special regiment, 7th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, a three-year regiment, naming Joseph Roswell Hawley, who assisted in raising the regiment, as lieutenant colonel. He was appointed brigadier general of volunteers in April 1862 and placed in command of the Morris Island Division of the X Corps. Terry was heavily involved in the siege operations against Charleston during 1863 and Morris Island, South Carolina. Troops under Terry's direct command were engaged at a skirmish at Grimball's Landing and later succeeded in capturing Fort Wagner in September 1863, but the following year the entire X Corps was sent north to Benjamin Butler's Army of the James in Virginia.
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