Henry Otis Dwight, LL.D., was an American missionary and author.
Occupation
writer, missionary
Citizenship
United States
Born
1843
Died
1917
Overview
Henry Otis Dwight, LL.D. (June 3, 1843 – June 19, 1917), was an American missionary and author.
Biography
Henry Dwight was born in Constantinople, Turkey, the only son of Harrison Gray Otis Dwight. He entered Ohio Wesleyan University but left college in 1861 to enlist in the 20th Ohio Regiment and serve in the American Civil War.
Military
In the spring of 1863, Dwight was part of Grant's invasion of Mississippi at Bruinsburg on the Mississippi River. The invasion preceded the Battle of Port Gibson, and Union troops had taken control of Windsor mansion, where Dwight sketched the only known drawing of the antebellum home.
During the war, Dwight participated in more than thirty engagements, including the siege of Vicksburg (1863), the Atlanta Campaign (1864), and the Savannah Campaign (1864). Shortly before the war ended, Dwight was commissioned a captain and left the military in 1865.
