Landis, Henry D.

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Commander of Landis' Battery, defending Carlisle, July 1, 1863
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
2
No. of Children
5
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
Date Event
The final action in the defense of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania takes place at Sporting Hill
Shells from General J.E.B. Stuart's horse artillery rain down on Carlisle in an evening bombardment
Major General W.F. Smith's Union troops arrive in Carlisle, Pennsylvania to an enthusiastic welcome
Volunteer Philadelphia Artillery battery, full of distinguished Philadelphians, goes into action at Carlisle
Gettysburg Campaign
Date Title
Recollection by C. Stuart Patterson of the Union defense of Carlisle, July 1, 1863
- Recollection in 1864 of the Shelling of Carlisle, July 1, 1863 by George Wood Wingate
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