. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . ried,August 16, 1864. He prepared for college at the Gilmanton (N. H.) Academyand entered the Bowdoin college in the fall of 1851, graduating 1855,with high honors. He was principal of the Franklin Academy in Dover,1855-58. During this time he readlaw with Messrs. Woodman and Doeof Dover; studied at the HarvardLaw School, 1860-61, and won thehighest prize for a legal essay andreceived the degree of LL. B. in1861. In the summer of this year,he was admitted to the Suffolk Barof Massachusetts. In 1861, the Civ
. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . ried,August 16, 1864. He prepared for college at the Gilmanton (N. H.) Academyand entered the Bowdoin college in the fall of 1851, graduating 1855,with high honors. He was principal of the Franklin Academy in Dover,1855-58. During this time he readlaw with Messrs. Woodman and Doeof Dover; studied at the HarvardLaw School, 1860-61, and won thehighest prize for a legal essay andreceived the degree of LL. B. in1861. In the summer of this year,he was admitted to the Suffolk Barof Massachusetts. In 1861, the Civil War was i)n-cipitated and believing it to be theduty of every man to give his servicesto his country, he entered the Univer-sity in the spring of 1861, and passedthe spring, summer and fall in thedrill and in the study of MilitaryScience and Tactics. On November4, 1861, he entered the service as ad-jutant of the 7th New IIam|)shireRegiment. With his regiment, h(; eii-(;ountered the perils and privationsof a winter voyage to the TorlugasIslands, where he was stationed until. Lieut. Col. Thomas Albert Henderson. the command was ordered to Port Royal, in the sununer of 18()2. He wascommissioned major of the regiment, August 26, 1862. In the unsuccessfulassault upon Fort Wagner, he acted an an aid to Cfjlonel Putnam. He wjujpromoted lieutenant-colonel of the regiment, July 22, 1863. Subsequently,he had served on the staff of General Seymour, 44; was provost marshal ofFlorida during the cami)aign which resulted in the disastrous battle of Olustce. 664 NORWICH UNIVERSITY. [1862 In the spring of 1864, the 7th New Hampshire was transferred to Virginia,and Lieutenant-Colonel Henderson led his regiment in the action of DrurysBluff, where his skill and gallantry elicited in the highest commendations fromthe commanding general. On Tuesday, August 16, 1864, while commandinghis regiment in the engagement of Deep Bottom, near Richmond, on the northbank of the James River, he received a mor
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