Henry V. (Henry Van) Boynton
Henry Van Ness Boynton was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War and a recipient of America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Missionary Ridge. Returning to duty in 1898 during the Spanish–American War, Boynton was promoted to brigadier general.
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Chattanooga and Chickamauga Reprint of Gen. H. V. Boynton's letters to the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, August, 1888.
Through vivid letters from a general, discover the intense strategic battles and the fight for survival during a crucial Civil War campaign.
By Henry V. (Henry Van) Boynton
Was General Thomas Slow at Nashville? With a Description of the Greatest Cavalry Movement of the War and General James H. Wilson's Cavalry Operations in Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia
In the face of criticism, a general's cautious strategy is revealed to be the key to a resounding Union victory, complete with a cavalry charge that changed the course of the war.
By Henry V. (Henry Van) Boynton