Henry M. Duffield

Henry Martyn Duffield

Born	(1842-05-15)May 15, 1842 Detroit, Michigan
Died	July 13, 1912(1912-07-13) (aged 70) Detroit, Michigan
Buried	Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan
Allegiance	United States of America Union
Service/branch	United States Army Union Army
Years of service	1861–1864 and 1898
Rank	Brigadier General
Unit	9th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment Army of the Cumberland
Commands held	Separate Brigade, Third Division, Second Army Corps
Battles/wars	American Civil War First Battle of Murfreesboro Battle of Stones River Battle of Chickamauga Atlanta Campaign Battle of Resaca Battle of Missionary Ridge Battle of Peachtree Creek Battle of Jonesborough Spanish–American War Battle of the Aguadores
Relations	William Ward Duffield Rev. George Duffield

Henry Martyn Duffield (May 15, 1842 – July 13, 1912) Colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War; lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1876; Brigadier General of U.S. Volunteers during the Spanish–American War; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1904. Member, Grand Army of the Republic.

Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan Son of Rev. George Duffield and Isabella Graham (Bethune) Duffield. His father was the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Detroit. He married in 1863 to Frances Pitt. He was educated in the public schools of Detroit, graduating from the Old Capitol School in 1856. He spent one year in Michigan University before he transferred and graduated from Williams College, Mass. in 1861. He was the brother of General William Ward Duffield. His paternal great grandfather, Rev. George Duffield, was, on July 6, 1776, appointed by Governor Morton, Chaplain to the Pennsylvania forces in the Revolutionary Army. On the Sunday following he dismissed his congregation with these words: "I hope the women will worship here in silence on the next Sabbath, and the men will be with me in Washington's Army." He was called "the fighting parson," and a price of fifty pounds sterling was put upon his head. He was subsequently associated with Bishop White as joint chaplain of the Continental Congress.

Duffield enlisted in August, 1861, as a private in the Ninth Regiment, Michigan Volunteers. He was made First Lieutenant and Adjutant of the regiment October 12 of the same year. He participated in the engagement with the Rebel forces under General N. B. Forrest at Murfreesboro, Tenn., in July, 1862. In this engagement his brother, General W. W. Duffield, then Colonel of the regiment, was twice wounded. The fighting was so severe that the wounded could not be removed from the field, and after the engagement Adj. Duffield, together with his wounded brother, was captured, but was exchanged two months later.

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