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Henry Van Ness Boynton

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m. 1871

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Name	Henry Van Ness Boynton
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	22 Jun 1835	West Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Military^[1]	From 1861 to 1864	Lieutenant Colonel, 35th Ohio Infantry (Civil War)
Marriage	1871	to Helen Augusta Mason
Military^[1]	From 1898 to 1899	Brigadier General, Spanish-American war
Death^[1]	3 Jun 1905	Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States
Burial^[1]		Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United StatesPlot: Section 2, Lot 1096
Reference Number		Q5729410 (Wikidata)

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References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Henry V. Boynton, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
last accessed Oct 2017.

Henry Van Ness Boynton (June 22, 1835 – June 3, 1905) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War and a recipient of America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Missionary Ridge. Returning to duty in 1898 during the Spanish–American War, Boynton was promoted to brigadier general. ...