Henry L. Eustis
| Henry L. Eustis | |
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Henry Lawrence Eustis
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| Born |
February 1, 1819 near Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | January 11, 1885 (aged 65) Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Place of burial | Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Allegiance |
United States of America Union |
| Service/branch |
United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1842–1849, 1862–1864 |
| Rank |
 Brigadier General
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| Commands held | 10th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry |
| Battles/wars | |
| Relations | Bvt. Brig. Gen. Abraham Eustis (father) |
| Other work | College professor and dean, writer |
Henry Lawrence Eustis (February 1, 1819 – January 11, 1885) was a civil engineer, college professor, and soldier who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Henry Eustis was born at Fort Independence near Boston, Massachusetts. His father Abraham Eustis, a career army officer, was stationed there at the time. Henry graduated from Harvard University in 1838 and then attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. After graduating first in his class, Eustis was assigned to engineering roles, including working on several improvements to the unfinished Fort Warren in Boston Harbor. Eustis taught engineering at West Point from 1847 to 1849. He resigned on November 30, 1849, and took an appointment teaching engineering at Harvard.
After the Civil War broke out, Eustis joined the volunteer infantry being raised in Massachusetts. He was commissioned as the new colonel of the 10th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry on August 21, 1862. (The regiment had been mustered into the service on June 21, 1861.) He joined the division of Brig. Gen. Darius Couch in the IV Corps, Army of the Potomac. Couch’s division served in the Maryland Campaign, but it was not present at the Battle of Antietam.
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