Record Group 108: Records of the Headquarters of the Army, 1828 - 1903 Series: Letters Sent by Major General Henry W. Halleck, 11/1862 - 4/1865

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Record Group 108: Records of the Headquarters of the Army, 1828 - 1903 Series: Letters Sent by Major General Henry W. Halleck, 11/1862 - 4/1865

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Halleck, Henry Wager, 1815-1872

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Halleck was born on a farm in Westernville, Oneida County, New York, third child of 14 of Joseph Halleck, a lieutenant who served in the War of 1812, and Catherine Wager Halleck. Young Henry detested the thought of an agricultural life and ran away from home at an early age to be raised by an uncle, David Wager of Utica. He attended Hudson Academy and Union College, then the United States Military Academy. He became a favorite of military theorist Dennis Hart Mahan and was allowed to teach class...