Bvt. Lt. Col. Henry Washington Sawyer

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• Date: Jul 12,2009

Here is another installment in my infrequent profiles of Civil War cavalrymen. This particular soldier has a fascinating tale. Henry Washington Sawyer was born in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania on May 16, 1829. He received a common school education in Lehigh County and then learned the carpenter’s trade. In 1848, he moved to Cape May, New Jersey, where he worked as a carpenter until the outbreak of the Civil War. When President Lincoln issued his first call for volunteers on April 15, 1861,