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 294,217 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Heth is the 2,010th most popular military personnel (down from 1,634th in 2019), the 12,889th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,890th in 2019) and the 188th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Henry Heth ranks 2,010 out of 2,058. Before him are Khattiya Sawasdipol, Juba, Tetiana Ostashchenko, Vladimir Vysotsky, Denys Prokopenko, and Henry Warner Slocum. After him are Nasser Shabani, Lynndie England, Isaac Shelby, Islam Bibi, Andrei Kolesnikov, and Denis Berezovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, Henry Heth ranks 91. Before him are John Lawrence LeConte, Antoinette Brown Blackwell, R. D. Blackmore, Benjamin Mountfort, Frances Harper, and Francis James Child. After him are Bayard Taylor, William Spottiswoode, Newton Booth, and Julius Kühn. Among people deceased in 1899, Henry Heth ranks 87. Before him are Édouard Pailleron, Serafino Dubois, Henry Tate, Oscar Baumann, Elliott Coues, and Kapiʻolani.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Heth ranks 12,889 out of 20,380. Before him are Mozhan Marnò (1980), Chet Walker (1940), Barbara Britton (1920), Bob Boozer (1937), Joe Boyd (1942), and Sarah Hyland (1990). After him are Don Edmunds (1930), Leroy Chiao (1960), Dan Ariely (1967), Kathleen Hanna (1968), Kay Bailey Hutchison (1943), and JoAnna Garcia (1979).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Henry Heth ranks 188. Before him are John Kirby (1963), Earl Van Dorn (1820), Daniel Harvey Hill (1821), Samuel Ryan Curtis (1805), Crispus Attucks (1723), and Henry Warner Slocum (1827). After him are Lynndie England (1982), Isaac Shelby (1750), John S. Bull (1934), H. R. McMaster (1962), Hugh McCulloch (1808), and Chelsea Manning (1987).

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