Henry Lawrence Burnett | |
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| U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York | |
| In office January 1898 – January 1906 | |
| President | William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Wallace Macfarlane |
| Succeeded by | Henry L. Stimson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 26, 1838 Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | January 4, 1916 (aged 77) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | Slate Hill Cemetery Goshen, New York |
| Spouses | Grace Hoffman
(m. 1858; died 1864)Sarah Gibson Lansing
(m. 1867; died 1877) |
| Education | Chester Academy Hiram Academy |
| Alma mater | Ohio State National Law School |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States of America Union |
| Branch/service | United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1861–1865 |
| Rank |  Major Brevet Brigadier General |
| Battles/wars | |
Henry Lawrence Burnett (December 26, 1838 – January 4, 1916) was an American lawyer and, after serving as a major in the Cavalry Corps (Union Army), he was a colonel and Judge Advocate in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was a prosecutor in the trial that followed the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.[1] He was appointed to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers in 1866, to rank from March 13, 1865.
- ^ Colby, M.A., Frank Moore (1917). The New International Year Book | A Compendium of the World's Progress for the year 1916. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc. p. 106. Retrieved November 3, 2017.