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    1. Re: [CIVIL-WAR] Brigadier General Henry Clay WARD (1843 - 1925)
    2. Charlie Jones
    3. I found his complete war record has nice picture of him nothing on place of burial Charlie > > > > I would like to know where the above-named gentleman is buried - it may be at > Pine Grove Cemetery, Leicester, Massachusetts, as his first wife, Susan Maria > (Susie) DENNY (1843 - 1873), is believed to be buried there. > > > > I have found an obituary for the General, as follows: > > > > Newspaper Cutting (New York Times) 17/11/1925: > > > > 'Gen. Henry Clay Ward Dies At The Age Of 82. > > > > Fought Throughout the Civil War, was Wounded – Got Brevet for Bravery. > > > > Wellesley Hills, Mass., Nov. 16 (AP). – Brig. Gen. Henry Clay Ward, Civil War > veteran, died today at his home here at the age of 82. > > > > He was born in Worcester, son of Artemas Ward 2nd, and was educated in the > public schools there. Forty-four years of his life were spent in army service. > His retirement was in 1905. He served throughout the Civil War, in the Army of > the Potomac, and was in the battle of Ball's Bluff, the siege of Yorktown and > other engagements. He was wounded several times. > > > > General Ward was captured while taking part in the siege of Fort Stedman, > Va., and was confined in Libby Prison from March 25, 1865, until the capture of > Richmond, when he rejoined his regiment and continued with it until Lee's > surrender. He was breveted Captain for bravery in the action about Fort Stedman. > > > > General Ward is survived by a daughter, Miss Ward of Wellesley Hills, and a > son Arthur L. Ward, of this city, a veteran of the French Ambulance Service and > the Serbian Relief Expedition in the World War.' > > > > But there's no mention of the funeral or the burial place. > > > > Yours, etc. > > > > Geoffrey Woollard in Cambridgeshire, England (researching the DENNY family in > England and America). > > > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To search our list archives since 1996, go to > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > and enter Civil-War in the list name > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.537 / Virus Database: 332 - Release Date: 11/6/2003

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