- Henry Guibor
Henry Guibor (1823 –
October 17 ,1899 ) was a Confederateartillery captain in theAmerican Civil War .Guibor hailed from
St. Louis, Missouri , and served in theU.S.-Mexican War .By the Civil War, Guibor was serving as an officer in the state militia artillery battery. Guibor, like many state militiamen, were arrested in the seizure of Camp Jackson in St. Louis by
Nathaniel Lyon , but was soon parolled. Guibor eventually traveled southeast from St. Louis and joined GovernorClaiborne Fox Jackson 'sMissouri State Guard . He received command of a battery of four six-poundsmoothbore guns. Not long afterward, Guibor's battery saw action in the battles of Carthage, Wilson's Creek, Dry Wood Creek, and Lexington.The battery was reorganized and mustered into Confederate service at
Memphis, Tennessee , by December 1861. It was soon re-attached toSterling Price 's army and again saw action at the battles of Pea Ridge, Iuka, and Corinth.Guibor's command then was transferred to
John C. Pemberton 's Confederate army securing portions ofMississippi . Guibor was wounded in an artillery duel with a Federal river squadron in theBattle of Grand Gulf . Guibor was captured with Pemberton's army in the fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi.Paroled, Guibor's command shifted to the defense of northern Georgia where he saw extensive action, including fighting around
Atlanta, Georgia , where he was again wounded. His battery joined withJohn Bell Hood 's army in the sweep north intoTennessee and was engaged in the battles of Franklin and Murfreesboro. Finally, Guibor and his men surrendered with remnants ofJoseph E. Johnston 's army inNorth Carolina on26 April ,1865 .References
* [http://www.nps.gov/wicr/historyculture/captain-henry-guibor.htm NPS Biography]
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