Henderson, David Bremner, 1840-1906
Born in Old Deer, Scotland on March 14, 1840, David Bremner Henderson emigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Winnebago County, Illinois, in 1846. They moved to Fayette County, Iowa. The family lived in what became known as Henderson Prairie a few miles west of Postville. In 1849 he attended the common schools and then Upper Iowa University at Fayette.
Henderson was a leader in organizing a company of students at the beginning of the Civil War. They enlisted in the Union Army September 15, 1861, as Company C, Twelfth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry. Henderson was elected and commissioned first lieutenant of that company and served with it until discharged, owing to the loss of a foot, on February 26, 1863. Using personal and political friendships, he was appointed commissioner of the board of enrollment of the third district of Iowa from May 1863 to June 1864. In June 1864 he re-enlisted in the Army as a Colonel of the Forty-sixth Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. His regiment served near Memphis, Tennessee mostly doing guard duty along the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. As a member of Congress, Henderson succeeded in getting the Shiloh battlefield designated a national park.
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