Henry Otis Dwight
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Henry Otis Dwight, ca. 1875
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| Born |
June 3, 1843 Constantinople, Turkey |
| Died | June 19, 1917 (aged 74) Roselle, New Jersey |
| Occupation | missionary, author |
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Father: Harrison Gray Otis Dwight |
Father: Harrison Gray Otis Dwight
Henry Otis Dwight, LL.D. (June 3, 1843 – June 19, 1917), was an American missionary and author.
Henry Dwight was born in Constantinople, Turkey, the only son of Harrison Gray Otis Dwight. He entered Ohio Wesleyan University but left college in 1861 to enlist in the 20th Ohio Regiment and serve in the American Civil War.
In the spring of 1863, Dwight was part of Grant's invasion of Mississippi at Bruinsburg on the Mississippi River. The invasion preceded the Battle of Port Gibson, and Union troops had taken control of Windsor mansion, where Dwight sketched the only known drawing of the antebellum home.
During the war, Dwight participated in more than thirty engagements, to include the siege of Vicksburg (1863), the Atlanta Campaign (1864), and the Savannah Campaign (1864). Shortly before the war ended, Dwight was commissioned a captain and left the military in 1865.
In 1867, Dwight returned to Constantinople as a missionary for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, where he edited publications of the Turkish language. For 15 years, in the late 1800s, he was the correspondent in Constantinople for the New York Tribune. During the Armenian Massacres of 1894–1896, Dwight had responsibility for guarding missionary interests in Turkey.
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