| Henry Beebee Carrington "Carrington, Henry Beebee (March 2, 1824-October
26, 1912), soldier, was born in Wallingford, Conn. He graduated from
Yale in 1845, and for a year and a half he taught in Irving Institute,
Tarrytown, N.Y., where he was encouraged by Washington Irving to write
his Battles of the American Revolution. After a course of
study in the Yale Law School, he moved to Columbus in 1848. There
he practiced law for twelve years, nine of which were spent in partnership
with William Dennison, subsequently governor of Ohio. He was one of
the founders of the Republican Party in Ohio and a warm friend of
Salmon P. Chase, who, as governor, appointed
him to a position on his staff in 1957. Carrington's specific task
was the reorganization of the Ohio militia, the succewssful accomplishment
of which led to his appointment as adjutant general. He was reappointed
by Chase's successor, Governor Dennison." After the Civil War,
and his retirement from the Army in 1870, "[h]e was professor
of military science and tactics at Wabash College, Ind., 1870-73.
He contributed many articles to leading periodicals, and many of his
addresses were published separately." Henry
B. Carrington Poetry (and Prose) Henry B. Carrington, Dream and Song (Boston: Pilgrim Press, Published for the Author, 1908) [online text] __________________, The Obelisk and Its Voices: or, The Inner Facings of Washington Monument with Their Lessons (Boston: C.T. Dillingham, 1887) ________________, Patriotic Reader, or, Human Liberty
Developed: In Verse and Prose, from various ages, lands, and races,
with historical notes ________________, Kristopherus: The Christbearer: a Columbian ode for school-tablet, and declamation use (Boston: New England Publishing Co., 1892) ________________, Beacon Lights of Patriotism; or, Historic Incentives to Virtue and Good Citizenship. In prose and verse with notes. Dedicated to American youth. (New York: Silver, Burdette and Co., 1894) [online text] Writings Henry B. Carrington, Battles of the American Revolution, 1775-1781, Including Battle Maps and Charts of the American Revolution (New York: Promontory Press, 1871) ________________, Washington The Soldier (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899) [online text] |
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