Henry Pratt Perrine (1846 - 1927)

Born 10 Apr 1846 in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Louisa (Scudder) Perrine — married 11 Jan 1888 in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Jan 1927 at age 80 in Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Henry Pratt Perrine^[1] was admitted to the US Military Academy in 1865 to graduation in 1869; commissioned Second Lieutenant; assigned to the 6th US Cavalry, Fort Lowell, Tucson, Arizona on June 15th of 1869; promoted to First Lieutenant, same regiment, on June 20th of 1872; promoted to Captain, same regiment, on Jan. 15th, 1884; medically retired as Captain on July First of 1891.

• His unit founded Fort Huachuca in Arizona, 1877.
  • Took an arrow in the solar plexus, (which would not heal) but still captured the shooter; unable to sit a horse, medically retired. (memory of daughter, Ida)

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1865, to June 15, 1869, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to Second Lieut., 6th Cavalry, June 15, 1869.

Served: at the Military Academy, as Assistant Instructor of Artillery Tactics, July 6 to Aug. 28, 1869; on leave of absence, to Dec. 21, 1869; on frontier duty at Ft. Richardson, Tex., to Dec. 9, 1870 (leave of absence, to May 24, 1871), — Ft. Riley, Kan., to June 20, 1871 (leave of absence, to Nov. 26, 1871), — Ft. Harker, Kan., Dec. 28, 1871, to May 7, 1872, — (First Lieut., 6th Cavalry, June 20, 1872) Camp near Ft. Hays, Kan., to Oct., 1872, — Ft. Riley, Kan., to Dec., 1872 (Acting Regimental Adjutant, June to Oct., 1872, and on leave of absence, Nov. 1 to Dec., 1872), — Ft. Lyon, Col., Jan. 26, 1873, to Dec. 30, 1874 (leave of absence, Sep. 17 to Nov. 17, 1873), — on Expedition to Indian Territory, Aug., 1874, to Jan., 1875, — Ft. Lyon, Col., and Cheyenne Agency, I. T., to Apr., 1875 (leave of absence, to May 8, 1875), — Ft. Hays, Kan., May 13 to July 10, 1875, — Ft. Lyon, Col., to Aug. 10, 1875, — en route to, and at Camp Grant, Ara., Oct. 11, 1875, to July 1, 1876 (leave of absence, to Apr. 28, 1877), — Camp in Huachuca Mountains, Ara., May 29 to Aug. 28, 1877, — as Aide-de‑Camp to Bvt. Major-General Indicates a West Point graduate and gives his Class.Kautz, commanding Department of Arizona, Sep. 11, 1877, to Jan. 16, 1878, — Camp Huachuca, Ara., Feb. 17 to July 23, 1878, — Scouting (in command of Indian Scouts), July 17 to Dec., 1878, — Ft. Lowell, Ara. (leave of absence, Apr. 24 to Nov. 15, 1880), to Mar., 1881, — Camp Thomas, Ara., to Sep. 18, 1881, — Ft. Apache, Ara., to Jan. 23, 1882, — Ft. Thomas, Ara., to June, 1882, — Scouting and at Ft. Bowie, Ara. (leave of absence, July 26, 1883, to Jan. 25, 1884), to May 19, 1884, — Ft. Lewis, Col., to Nov. 19, 1886; and on leave and sick leave of absence, to Captain, 6th Cavalry, Jan. 15, 1884.

Retired from Active Service for disability in the line of duty, July 1, 1891

— Residence, Trenton, N. J.

Home

• Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA

Death

• Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, USA

Burial

• Ewing Cemetery, Ewing, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA

Ancestral File Number

Ancestral File Number: VP70-R1

Sources

1. ↑ Perrine: Family #1769, Page 284; Founder Family #3110, Page 369

• Perrine, Howland D. Daniel Perrin "The Huguenot" and His Descendants in America (Privately Printed, South Orange, N. J., Press of Thomas A. Wright, 150 Bleecker Street, N.Y., 1910); Issue #3110, Family #1769, p. 369

• Army Register 1884 Archive.org

• Find A Grave: Memorial #115950791
• http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Army/USMA/Cullums_Register/2303*.html