Giesy, Henry H.

  General Notes:

He enlisted for three months in the volunteer service during the Civil W
ar and was chosen captain of his company. During that term he was on du
ty in West Virginia. On his return home he raised a new company and re-en
listed for three years on the 26th of December, 1861. On the 9th of the f
ollowing August he was promoted to major for gallant conduct, being chos
en to that position over three captains whose commissions antedated hi
s. The regiment to which he belonged was the forrty-sixth Ohio Volunte
er Infantry. He was provost on the staff of Bridadier General Hugh Ewin
g, commanding the 4th Divison, 15th Army Corps, in November, 1863, and w
as by him recommended for promotion. The colonel of the bridade during Sh
erman's great battles on his way to Atlanta, Major Giesy had command of t
he regiment. During the engagement at Dallas, May 28, 1864, he was mortal
ly wounded and died the next day. He engaged with distinction and brave
ry in the battles of Shiloh, Cornith, Jackson, Missionary Ridge, Knoxvill
e, Dalton, Resaca, and Dallas.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Education: Graduated from Frank Marshall College with honors and was a member of the Goethean Literary Society, 1857.

• Reference Number. 13004

• Occupation: Admitted to the bar.