Civil War Veteran.
Enlisted Aug. 12, 1862, in Suffield, CT
Mustered in Aug. 24, 1862, in Company D of the 16th Conn. Infantry Volunteers.
Killed at the Battle of Antietam Sept. 17, 1862.
Henry Barnett's body arrived in NYC on 22 Dec 1863, so he would have been buried very shortly after that date (in case you wish to add this to his memorial).
Source: Bodies in Transit Registers (1859-1863) Vol 1 pg 72.http://nycma.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/detail/NYCMA~4~4~1~479493?page=83&qvq=&mi=83&trs=768
Contributor: Dee (46801636)
From page 26 of 'Connecticut Yankees at Antietam' by John Banks
"Henry Barnett, a private in the 16th Connecticut who went into battle singing, lay dead near a pile of fence rails. Before the battle, Barnett, who was born in England, had a photograph of his wife and children enclosed in a leather case hanging from a cord around his neck. But the rebels apparently rifled through his pockets and snatched the picture as a macabre war trophy."
From page 28 of 'Connecticut Yankees in Antietam' by John Burnham
"With the exception of Captain Newton Mantoss, who was killed early in the regiment's fight and carried to the rear, the dead of the 16th Connecticut were interred near a large tree that Burnham marked on all sides so it could easily be discovered. Barnett was buried on the north side of that tree with his Company D comrades: Corporals Horace Warner of Suffield and Michael Grace of Enfield and Privates Nelson E. Snow and George Allen, also of Suffield. Privates Henry Aldrick of Bristol, John Bingham of East Haddam and Theodore DeMars of Cromwell and Sergent Wadsworth Washburn of Berlin were also buried in the large trench."
Enlisted Aug. 12, 1862, in Suffield, CT
Mustered in Aug. 24, 1862, in Company D of the 16th Conn. Infantry Volunteers.
Killed at the Battle of Antietam Sept. 17, 1862.
Henry Barnett's body arrived in NYC on 22 Dec 1863, so he would have been buried very shortly after that date (in case you wish to add this to his memorial).
Source: Bodies in Transit Registers (1859-1863) Vol 1 pg 72.http://nycma.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/detail/NYCMA~4~4~1~479493?page=83&qvq=&mi=83&trs=768
Contributor: Dee (46801636)
From page 26 of 'Connecticut Yankees at Antietam' by John Banks
"Henry Barnett, a private in the 16th Connecticut who went into battle singing, lay dead near a pile of fence rails. Before the battle, Barnett, who was born in England, had a photograph of his wife and children enclosed in a leather case hanging from a cord around his neck. But the rebels apparently rifled through his pockets and snatched the picture as a macabre war trophy."
From page 28 of 'Connecticut Yankees in Antietam' by John Burnham
"With the exception of Captain Newton Mantoss, who was killed early in the regiment's fight and carried to the rear, the dead of the 16th Connecticut were interred near a large tree that Burnham marked on all sides so it could easily be discovered. Barnett was buried on the north side of that tree with his Company D comrades: Corporals Horace Warner of Suffield and Michael Grace of Enfield and Privates Nelson E. Snow and George Allen, also of Suffield. Privates Henry Aldrick of Bristol, John Bingham of East Haddam and Theodore DeMars of Cromwell and Sergent Wadsworth Washburn of Berlin were also buried in the large trench."
Civil War Veteran.
Enlisted Aug. 12, 1862, in Suffield, CT
Mustered in Aug. 24, 1862, in Company D of the 16th Conn. Infantry Volunteers.
Killed at the Battle of Antietam Sept. 17, 1862.
Henry Barnett's body arrived in NYC on 22 Dec 1863, so he would have been buried very shortly after that date (in case you wish to add this to his memorial).
Source: Bodies in Transit Registers (1859-1863) Vol 1 pg 72.http://nycma.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/detail/NYCMA~4~4~1~479493?page=83&qvq=&mi=83&trs=768
Contributor: Dee (46801636)
From page 26 of 'Connecticut Yankees at Antietam' by John Banks
"Henry Barnett, a private in the 16th Connecticut who went into battle singing, lay dead near a pile of fence rails. Before the battle, Barnett, who was born in England, had a photograph of his wife and children enclosed in a leather case hanging from a cord around his neck. But the rebels apparently rifled through his pockets and snatched the picture as a macabre war trophy."
From page 28 of 'Connecticut Yankees in Antietam' by John Burnham
"With the exception of Captain Newton Mantoss, who was killed early in the regiment's fight and carried to the rear, the dead of the 16th Connecticut were interred near a large tree that Burnham marked on all sides so it could easily be discovered. Barnett was buried on the north side of that tree with his Company D comrades: Corporals Horace Warner of Suffield and Michael Grace of Enfield and Privates Nelson E. Snow and George Allen, also of Suffield. Privates Henry Aldrick of Bristol, John Bingham of East Haddam and Theodore DeMars of Cromwell and Sergent Wadsworth Washburn of Berlin were also buried in the large trench."
Enlisted Aug. 12, 1862, in Suffield, CT
Mustered in Aug. 24, 1862, in Company D of the 16th Conn. Infantry Volunteers.
Killed at the Battle of Antietam Sept. 17, 1862.
Henry Barnett's body arrived in NYC on 22 Dec 1863, so he would have been buried very shortly after that date (in case you wish to add this to his memorial).
Source: Bodies in Transit Registers (1859-1863) Vol 1 pg 72.http://nycma.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/detail/NYCMA~4~4~1~479493?page=83&qvq=&mi=83&trs=768
Contributor: Dee (46801636)
From page 26 of 'Connecticut Yankees at Antietam' by John Banks
"Henry Barnett, a private in the 16th Connecticut who went into battle singing, lay dead near a pile of fence rails. Before the battle, Barnett, who was born in England, had a photograph of his wife and children enclosed in a leather case hanging from a cord around his neck. But the rebels apparently rifled through his pockets and snatched the picture as a macabre war trophy."
From page 28 of 'Connecticut Yankees in Antietam' by John Burnham
"With the exception of Captain Newton Mantoss, who was killed early in the regiment's fight and carried to the rear, the dead of the 16th Connecticut were interred near a large tree that Burnham marked on all sides so it could easily be discovered. Barnett was buried on the north side of that tree with his Company D comrades: Corporals Horace Warner of Suffield and Michael Grace of Enfield and Privates Nelson E. Snow and George Allen, also of Suffield. Privates Henry Aldrick of Bristol, John Bingham of East Haddam and Theodore DeMars of Cromwell and Sergent Wadsworth Washburn of Berlin were also buried in the large trench."
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