Closson, Henry Whitney, age 0, cred. to Whitingham, VT
Service: USMA 54; 2LT, 1st U.S. ARTY, 54, 1LT 1st U.S. ARTY, 56, CPT, 61, brevet MAJ 7/8/63, and brevet LTC 8/23/64, for gallantry at Port Hudson, Miss., and in the capture of Fort Morgan, Ala., MAJ, 5th U.S. ARTY, 76, LTC, 83, COL 4th U.S. ARTY, 88; pr BGEN, retired n.d.
born: 6/6/1832, Whitingham, VT; died: 7/15/1917; buried:Arlington National Cemetery, VA (grave)

Source: Companions of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, L. R. Hamersly Co., New York, 1901.