Hoyt, Henry M. (Henry Martyn), 1830-1892

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American lawyer, politician, and author.

From the description of Letter signed : Harrisburg, Penna., to Hon. Wayne MacVeagh, 1881 05 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269552023

Henry Martyn Hoyt was a lieutenant colonel of the 52nd Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was captured at Fort Johnson, S.C., but a prisoner exchange allowed him to return to the 52nd until the end of the Civil War, when he was brevetted brigadier general. He became the governor of Pennsylvania and served in that office from 1878 to 1883.

From the description of Letters to Col. H.M. Hoyt, 1864-1865. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 70974891

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Birth 1830-06-08

Death 1892-12-01

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