Landis, Henry D.

Life span:

10/18/1824 to 02/18/1895

Dickinson Connection:

Commander of Landis' Battery, defending Carlisle, July 1, 1863

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Life Summary

Full name:

Henry D Landis

Place of Birth:

Lancaster, PA

Burial Place:

Lancaster, PA

Birth Date Certainty:

Exact

Death Date Certainty:

Exact

Gender:

Male

Race:

White

Sectional choice:

North

Origins:

Free State

No. of Spouses:

No. of Children:

Family:

Henry Gardner Landis (father), Clarissa H. Harlan Landis (mother), Catherine A.C. Pierce (first wife - one child), Catharine Ferree Le Fevre Reynolds (second wife - four children)

Occupation:

Military

Businessman

Relation to Slavery:

White non-slaveholder

Military:

Union Army

Events

Date span begin	Life span End	Event
06/30/1863	06/30/1863	The final action in the defense of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania takes place at Sporting Hill
07/01/1863	07/01/1863	Major General W.F. Smith's Union troops arrive in Carlisle, Pennsylvania to an enthusiastic welcome
07/01/1863	07/01/1863	Shells from General J.E.B. Stuart's horse artillery rain down on Carlisle in an evening bombardment
07/01/1863	07/01/1863	Volunteer Philadelphia Artillery battery, full of distinguished Philadelphians, goes into action at Carlisle

Major Topics

Gettysburg Campaign

Documents

Subject Docs

Date	Title
07/01/1863	Recollection by C. Stuart Patterson of the Union defense of Carlisle, July 1, 1863
07/01/1863 to 07/04/1863	Recollection in 1864 of the Shelling of Carlisle, July 1, 1863 by George Wood Wingate

Images

Captain Henry D. Landis and Lieutenant Samuel C. Perkins, First Philadelphia Artillery, "Landis' Battery"

Henry D. Landis, detail

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