Henry Prince

Colonel Henry Prince was one of the oldest surviving officers of the army. He was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1835; served in the Seminole War; in the Florida War of 1841 and 1842, and in the War with Mexico, in which he received the brevet of Captain for service at Contreras and Cherubusco, and that of Major at Molino del Rey, where he was severely wounded. He was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1847, and to that of Major in 1855. He served in the Utah campaign in 1858 and 1859, and in the Civil War he served as Brigadier-General of Volunteers. He was taken prisoner at Cedar Mountain in 1862, and after his his [sic] release served in the North Carolina operations in 1863 and in the Rapidan campaign in December of that year. He was in command in Tennessee and Alabama in 1864, and on the coast of South Carolina from January until May, 1865. He was brevetted Colonel and Brigadier-General in the United States Army for gallant service in the field, and was assigned to the command of the Division of the Pacific in 1875. He was retired on the 31st of December, 1879.

His life is a record of honorable and faithful service in all branches of his chosen profession. One cannot do justice to the history of an old army officer like Col. Prince in a simple record like this. Only those who have had the experience know what a faithful discharge of duty in such a wide field and over so long a period of time implies.

Henry E. Howland
1893 Century Association Yearbook