Henry A. Perrin

A 16 year old clerk in Richmond, he gave his age as 19 and mustered as Private, Company H, 23rd Virginia Infantry on 14 May 1861 in Richmond.

He was mortally wounded and captured in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He died of wounds at the Stone House Hospital (S. Poffenberger's farm) near Sharpsburg on 1 October 1862. He was originally buried "on eastern side of branch in Samuel Poffenbarger's meadow and along the line fence between Poffenbarger and Miller", on the battlefield at Sharpsburg. Probably reinterred at Hagerstown in about 1874.

Burial information from Pruett1. Service and other details from Thomas Rankin's 23rd Virginia Infantry (roster, 1985) via the Historical Data Systems database. His gravesite is on Findagrave. There is also a cenotaph for him in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Richmond, VA.

04/10/1845

10/01/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in Washington Confederate Cemetery, Hagerstown, MD