Henry W. Hudson

(1816 - 1888)
Home State: New York
Command Billet: Commanding Regiment
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 82nd New York Infantry (2nd Militia)

see his Battle Report

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He enrolled in New York City for three years, and mustered in as Lieutenant Colonel of the 82nd New York Infantry on 7 December 1861. He was promoted Colonel on 26 March 1862.

The remainder of the War:
He was, briefly, Brigade commander at Chancellorsville but was dismissed 20 May 1863. His dismissal was revoked and he was again mustered as Colonel on 5 September 1863. He mustered out at the end of his term on 25 June 1864.

References, Sources, and other notes:
His service data from the State of New York1. .

More on the Web:
See his gravesite from Find-a-Grave online.

Burial Place: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, NY

Notes

1 State of New York, Adjutant-General, Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York [year]: Registers of the [units], 43 Volumes, Albany: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1893-1905, Issue 30 (for the year 1901), pg. 354 [AotW citation 8391]

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