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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Henry Heth

1825 - 1899

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Henry Heth ( not ) (December 16, 1825 – September 27, 1899) was a career United States Army officer who became a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He came to the notice of Robert E. Lee while serving briefly as his quartermaster, and was given a brigade in the Third Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia commanded by A. P. Hill, whose division he commanded when the latter was wounded at Chancellorsville. He is generally blamed for accidentally starting the Battle of Gettysburg by sending half his division into the town before the rest of the army was fully prepared. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Heth has received more than 272,889 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Heth is the 1,638th most popular military personnel (down from 1,437th in 2019), the 10,915th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,795th in 2019) and the 166th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Henry Heth ranks 1,638 out of 1,468. Before him are Kenneth Anderson, Zaza Gogava, Isaac Shelby, Zebulon Pike, William Gott, and Richard Myers. After him are Samuel Ryan Curtis, Charles James Napier, Konstantinos Miliotis-Komninos, Lynndie England, Arsen Pavlov, and Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, Henry Heth ranks 80. Before him are Francisco Antonino Vidal, Adelaide Anne Procter, Antoinette Brown Blackwell, Ludwig Carl Christian Koch, Francis James Child, and James Skivring Smith. After him are William Spottiswoode, Frances Harper, R. D. Blackmore, Bayard Taylor, and Newton Booth. Among people deceased in 1899, Henry Heth ranks 75. Before him are Princess Marie of Baden, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus, Zsófia Torma, Wendela Hebbe, Henry Tate, and Monier Monier-Williams. After him is Elliott Coues.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Heth ranks 10,915 out of 18,182. Before him are Sally Rand (1904), Tim Mayotte (1960), Beverly Garland (1926), Stephen Furst (1954), Tim McCoy (1891), and Edward Stevens (1932). After him are John C. Stennis (1901), Brad Anderson (1964), Tina Brooks (1932), Phillip Griffiths (1938), Todd Armstrong (1937), and Kevin Michael Richardson (1964).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Henry Heth ranks 166. Before him are Nathaniel Lyon (1818), John O'Connor (1920), John Sullivan (1740), Isaac Shelby (1750), Zebulon Pike (1779), and Richard Myers (1942). After him are Samuel Ryan Curtis (1805), Lynndie England (1982), Chelsea Manning (1987), Hugh McCulloch (1808), H. R. McMaster (1962), and Nick Berg (1978).

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