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Biographical Note
Henry L. Abbot
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1831, Aug. 13 | Born, Beverly, Mass. |
| 1854 | Graduated second in his class, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. |
| 1854-1855 | Second lieutenant, United States Corps of Topographical Engineers, Office of Pacific Railroad Explorations, Washington, D.C. |
| 1855 | Assisted in railroad survey in California and Oregon |
| 1856 | Married Mary Susan Everett (died 1871) |
| 1857 | First lieutenant, United States Corps of Topographical Engineers |
| 1857-1861 | Assisted Captain Andrew A. Humphreys on survey of the Mississippi River delta and coauthored their Report upon the Physics and Hydraulics of the Mississippi River (1861) |
| 1861-1862 | Assistant topographical engineer, staff of General Irvin McDowell, United States Army Wounded at the First Battle of Bull Run, Va. Assisted General John G. Barnard, chief engineer for the Department of Washington, in constructing forts south of the Potomac River Aide-de-camp to General Barnard in the Peninsular Campaign, Va. Chief topographical engineer for Major General Nathaniel Banks’s expedition to New Orleans, La. |
| 1863-1865 | Colonel, First Connecticut Artillery, United States Volunteers, in defense of Washington, D.C. Captain, Corps of Engineers, United States Army Commanded siege artillery for United States armies operating against Petersburg and Richmond, Va. |
| 1865 | Mustered out of the volunteer service with brevet rank of major general and returned to regular duty in the Corps of Engineers with rank of major |
| 1866-1886 | Colonel, Corps of Engineers, United States Army |
| 1888-1895 | Member, Board of Ordnance and Fortifications, United States Department of War |
| 1895 | Retired from active service |
| 1897-1904 | Member, technical committee, and consulting engineer, La Compagnie Nouvelle du Canal de Panama (New Panama Canal Co.) |
| 1904 | Brigadier general, United States Army, retired, by Act of Congress |
| 1905-1906 | Member, board of consulting engineers appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt to prepare plans for the Panama Canal |
| 1905-1910 | Professor of hydraulic engineering, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. |
| 1927, Oct. 1 | Died, Cambridge, Mass. |