Henderson, John Nathaniel.

The John Nathaniel Henderson Papers contain correspondence and obituaries about John Henderson's life as a student and teacher at Baylor University in Independence, his service in the American Civil War, and his work as a lawyer and judge in Texas.

John Nathaniel Henderson was born in Abbeville District, South Carolina, on 26 February 1843. His family moved to Texas in 1848, and John attended Baylor University in Independence starting in 1858. Henderson enlisted along with nearly all male Baylor students in Company E, the "Dixie Blues," part of the 5th Texas Infantry Regiment. As part of the Texas Brigade in Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, the 5th Texas Infantry fought in all the major eastern battles of the war, as some of the finest troops in the Confederate Army. Henderson, however, was wounded at the Battle of Antietam, and suffered the loss of his arm. He returned to Texas and began teaching at Baylor University starting in 1863. He also drilled the male students on campus and served on the staff of Washington County native General Jerome B. Robertson.

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