Henry W. Hilliard

Henry Washington Hilliard
Circa 1892
Born(1808-08-04)August 4, 1808
Fayetteville, North Carolina
DiedDecember 17, 1892(1892-12-17) (aged 84)
Atlanta, Georgia
Buried
AllegianceConfederate States of America Confederate States of America
Service / branch Confederate States Army
Years of service1861–1862
Rank Colonel (CSA)
CommandsHilliard's Alabama Legion
Battles / warsAmerican Civil War
Portrait of Henry Washington Hilliard, by Mathew Brady, c1851

Henry Washington Hilliard (August 4, 1808 – December 17, 1892) was a unionist U.S. Representative from Alabama and a colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.[1][2] In later life, he became a proponent of abolitionism in Brazil.[3]

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  3. ^ See generally, David I. Durham, A Journey in Brazil: Henry Washington Hilliard and the Brazilian Anti-Slavery Society (2017).