Life span: 03/16/1829 to 10/16/1893TabsLife SummaryFull name: Henry Washington SawyerPlace of Birth: Lehigh County, PABurial Place: Cape May, NJBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateOccupation: OtherOther Occupation: Carpenter, HotelierRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderChurch or Religious Denomination: PresbyterianMilitary: Union Army Events Date span begin Life span End Event 07/06/1863 07/06/1863 Confederate authorities select two Union officer prisoners for a retaliatory execution at Libby Prison Documents Author Docs Date Title 07/06/1863 Captain Henry W. Sawyer to his Wife, from Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia 07/06/1863 Henry Sawyer to James Stradling, letter recounting experiences in Libby Prison, July 1863 11/01/1863 Henry W. Sawyer to John T. Nixon, November 1, 1863 Subject Docs Date Title 07/06/1863 Captain Henry W. Sawyer to his Wife, from Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia 07/15/1863 Orders from Henry Wager Halleck to William Handy Ludlow, July 15, 1863 Images Henry Washington Sawyer Henry Washington Sawyer, detail Major Henry W. Sawyer, First New Jersey Cavalry, and staff, March, 1865 Henry Washington Sawyer, circa 1880 Henry Washington Sawyer, circa 1880, detail Bibliography
