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Henry Moses Judah
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Henry Moses Judah

Union General · 1821–1866

Henry Moses Judah was born on June 12, 1821, in Snow Hill, Maryland. He graduated from West Point in 1843, and served in the Mexican War. Serving in various positions during the early years of the war, he was appointed a brigadier general of volunteers on March 21, 1862.

Born
1821Snow Hill, MD
Died
1866Plattsburg, NY
Allegiance
Union ArmyBrigadier General

Campaigns · Shiloh, Corinth, and Morgan's Ohio Raid

Henry Moses Judah was born on June 12, 1821, in Snow Hill, Maryland. He graduated from West Point in 1843, and served in the Mexican War. Serving in various positions during the early years of the war, he was appointed a brigadier general of volunteers on March 21, 1862. In June of 1863, Judah was assigned to command the 3d Division of the XXIII Corps. He was stationed in Cincinnati, Ohio, and ordered to pursue Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan.

He did not succeed in this task, and was eventually placed on administrative duty in the Department of the Cumberland until the end of the war. He was brevetted a lieutenant colonel and colonel in the Regulars on March 13, 1865. At the rank of major, Judah was placed on garrison duty in Plattsburg, New York, where he died on January 14, 1866.

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