Camp, Henry Ward, 1839-1864.

Henry Ward Camp was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on February 4, 1839. He was a member of the Yale College class of 1860. After graduation, he taught for a few years and then studied law in Hartford. In December 1861, he joined the Union Army and in 1863, saw action in South Carolina. He was held as a prisoner on multiple occasions, and was killed in action on October 13, 1864, near Richmond, Virginia.

From the description of Henry Ward Camp papers, 1851-1900 (inclusive), 1861-1865 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702168240

Henry Ward Camp was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on February 4, 1839. He was a member of the Yale College class of 1860. After graduation, he taught for a few years and then studied law in Hartford. In December 1861, he joined the Union Army and in 1863, saw action in South Carolina. He was held as a prisoner on multiple occasions, and was killed in action on October 13, 1864, near Richmond, Virginia.

Henry Ward Camp was born in Hartford, Conn., February 4, 1839, the son of Rev. Henry B. (Yale College, 1833) and Cornelia (Baldwin) Camp. After graduation he spent a few months in teaching and then commenced the study of law in the office of John Hooker, Esq., in Hartford. In December, 1861, he was commissioned as lieutenant in the Tenth Connecticut Infantry. He was afterwards appointed adjutant, and, on one occasion, was detailed as judge advocate of a general courtmartial [ sic ] on Seabrook Island. In July, 1863, he took part in the heavy fight on James Island, and also in the assault on Fort Wagner on the 19th of that month. In a cessation of hostilities for the burial of the dead and the removal of the wounded, he, with Chaplain H. C. Trumbull, was seized and carried as a prisoner to Charleston and thence to Columbia, S. C. He escaped at length from confinement, but, after a tramp of nearly a hundred miles was recaptured and held a prisoner till April, 1864. He made a short visit at home, but as soon as his exchange was effected, he hurried back to his regiment and shared with it, in the army of the James, five months of the most arduous and dangerous service. In September, 1864, while before Petersburg, he was commissioned as major.

On the 13th of October he fought his last fight. After skirmishing all day between the Darbytown and Charles City roads, about four miles from Richmond, his regiment was ordered to lead an assault upon the enemy's works. "Come on, boys! come on!" he shouted to his men, and the words were hardly uttered before he fell, shot through and through. His body was recovered next day and taken to Hartford for interment. The record of his beautiful heroic life has been written by the chaplain of the regiment, Rev. H. Clay Trumbull, under the title of "The Knightly Soldier: A Record of College, Field, and Prison." Champion wrote of him:

"Naturally retiring and modest, and ever esteeming others above himself, he needed some outside influence to cause him to display his powers openly. These modest and unassuming traits, joined to the greater dignity and boldness brought out by the war, united to render him one of the noblest of the many noble ones whom our class mourns for."

(Taken from Yale College Biographical Record, Class of Sixty, 1860-1906 ).

From the guide to the Henry Ward Camp papers, 1851-1900, 1861-1865, (Manuscripts and Archives)