Son of Luke and Rebecca J. (Hale) Putnam.
On 12 Jul 1861 Henry mustered into service with Company C, of the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Clinton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 24 years, 6 months and 20 days old.
On 21 Oct 1861 he was taken prisoner at The Battle of Ball's Bluff, Leesburg, Virginia.
On 2 Nov 1862 Henry mustered out of the 15th Massachusetts to reenlist in Battery I of the 1st U. S. Light Artillery, Rickett's Battery, with friends, according to the History of Clinton, Massachusetts.
On 22 Jul 1864 Henry, 27, married Augusta E. Shepard, 26, daughter of Roland Mills and Sylvia (Moody) Shepard, at West Boylston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, in a first marriage for both. They had at least two children.
Henry was mentioned when Frank Edward Houghton was included in "The History of Clinton, Massachusetts," in 1896, as follows:
"Frank E. Houghton, who had been transferred to Rickett's Battery, U. S. A., was killed at St. Mary's Church, June 24th, and it should here be noted that Rickett's Battery, to which he and his two comrades (Henry A. Putnam, p. 639, and James O. Howard, p. 641) of the Fifteenth had been transferred, had been continually with the Army of the Potomac and had participated in its battles."
Henry died on 15 Jul 1916 at Clinton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 79 years, 6 months and 23 days old.
On 12 Jul 1861 Henry mustered into service with Company C, of the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Clinton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 24 years, 6 months and 20 days old.
On 21 Oct 1861 he was taken prisoner at The Battle of Ball's Bluff, Leesburg, Virginia.
On 2 Nov 1862 Henry mustered out of the 15th Massachusetts to reenlist in Battery I of the 1st U. S. Light Artillery, Rickett's Battery, with friends, according to the History of Clinton, Massachusetts.
On 22 Jul 1864 Henry, 27, married Augusta E. Shepard, 26, daughter of Roland Mills and Sylvia (Moody) Shepard, at West Boylston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, in a first marriage for both. They had at least two children.
Henry was mentioned when Frank Edward Houghton was included in "The History of Clinton, Massachusetts," in 1896, as follows:
"Frank E. Houghton, who had been transferred to Rickett's Battery, U. S. A., was killed at St. Mary's Church, June 24th, and it should here be noted that Rickett's Battery, to which he and his two comrades (Henry A. Putnam, p. 639, and James O. Howard, p. 641) of the Fifteenth had been transferred, had been continually with the Army of the Potomac and had participated in its battles."
Henry died on 15 Jul 1916 at Clinton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 79 years, 6 months and 23 days old.
Son of Luke and Rebecca J. (Hale) Putnam.
On 12 Jul 1861 Henry mustered into service with Company C, of the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Clinton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 24 years, 6 months and 20 days old.
On 21 Oct 1861 he was taken prisoner at The Battle of Ball's Bluff, Leesburg, Virginia.
On 2 Nov 1862 Henry mustered out of the 15th Massachusetts to reenlist in Battery I of the 1st U. S. Light Artillery, Rickett's Battery, with friends, according to the History of Clinton, Massachusetts.
On 22 Jul 1864 Henry, 27, married Augusta E. Shepard, 26, daughter of Roland Mills and Sylvia (Moody) Shepard, at West Boylston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, in a first marriage for both. They had at least two children.
Henry was mentioned when Frank Edward Houghton was included in "The History of Clinton, Massachusetts," in 1896, as follows:
"Frank E. Houghton, who had been transferred to Rickett's Battery, U. S. A., was killed at St. Mary's Church, June 24th, and it should here be noted that Rickett's Battery, to which he and his two comrades (Henry A. Putnam, p. 639, and James O. Howard, p. 641) of the Fifteenth had been transferred, had been continually with the Army of the Potomac and had participated in its battles."
Henry died on 15 Jul 1916 at Clinton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 79 years, 6 months and 23 days old.
On 12 Jul 1861 Henry mustered into service with Company C, of the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Clinton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 24 years, 6 months and 20 days old.
On 21 Oct 1861 he was taken prisoner at The Battle of Ball's Bluff, Leesburg, Virginia.
On 2 Nov 1862 Henry mustered out of the 15th Massachusetts to reenlist in Battery I of the 1st U. S. Light Artillery, Rickett's Battery, with friends, according to the History of Clinton, Massachusetts.
On 22 Jul 1864 Henry, 27, married Augusta E. Shepard, 26, daughter of Roland Mills and Sylvia (Moody) Shepard, at West Boylston, Worcester County, Massachusetts, in a first marriage for both. They had at least two children.
Henry was mentioned when Frank Edward Houghton was included in "The History of Clinton, Massachusetts," in 1896, as follows:
"Frank E. Houghton, who had been transferred to Rickett's Battery, U. S. A., was killed at St. Mary's Church, June 24th, and it should here be noted that Rickett's Battery, to which he and his two comrades (Henry A. Putnam, p. 639, and James O. Howard, p. 641) of the Fifteenth had been transferred, had been continually with the Army of the Potomac and had participated in its battles."
Henry died on 15 Jul 1916 at Clinton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 79 years, 6 months and 23 days old.
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