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Henry Livermore Abbott
Henry Livermore Abbott〔Henry Livermore Abbott should not be confused with Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General Henry Larcom Abbot〕 (January 21, 1842–May 6, 1864), was a major in the Union Army during the American Civil War (Civil War).〔Eicher, John H. and Eicher, David J., ''Civil War High Commands'', p. 97. Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3〕 Abbott was posthumously awarded the grade of brevet brigadier general, United States Volunteers, to rank from August 1, 1864, and the grades of brevet lieutenant colonel, brevet colonel and brevet brigadier general, United States Army, all to rank from March 13, 1865〔Eicher and Eicher, 2001, p. 97〕 for gallant and meritorious services at the Battle of the Wilderness, where he was killed in action.〔Hunt, Roger D. and Brown, Jack R., ''Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue'' p. 1. Olde Soldier Books, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD, 1990. ISBN 1-56013-002-4; Eicher and Eicher, 2001, p. 97〕 Abbott was engaged at the center of several key Civil War battles and was widely known and admired for his leadership, courage and composure under fire.〔Scott, Robert Garth, ed., Abbott, Henry Livermore, ''Fallen Leaves: The Civil War Letters of Major Henry Livermore Abbott,'' ed. by Robert Garth Scott. Kent Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1991. ISBN 0-87338-440-7; introduction by Robert Garth Scott, p. 1〕
==Early life==
Henry Livermore Abbott, the third of eleven children, was born in Lowell, Massachusetts on January 21, 1842,〔Heidler, David S. and Heidler, Jeanne T., eds., ''Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social and Military History''. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10110, 2000. ISBN 0-393-04758-X. Combines into one volume the original 5 volume work published by ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, California in 2000. Article on Henry Livermore Abbott, pp. 2–3〕 the son of Josiah Gardner Abbott, a successful lawyer and judge.〔Scott, ed., 1991. p. 1; Heidler and Heidler, 2000, p. 1〕 In 1876, Josiah Gardner Abbott was elected to the United States House of Representatives.〔 He was a prominent member of the Democratic Party.〔Scott, ed., 1991. p. 1〕 Henry's mother, Caroline, was the daughter of U.S. Congressman Edward St. Loe Livermore.〔Scott, ed., 1991. p. 1〕 Both of Henry's parents were descended from officers who served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.〔Scott, ed., 1991. p. 2〕
Henry was a prodigy and in 1856 he enrolled in Harvard University at age 14 with his older brother Edward ("Ned").〔Heidler and Heidler, 2000, p. 1〕 The brothers roomed together at a fashionable private boarding house near campus.〔Scott, ed., 1991, p. 2〕 The young Henry found the rigid atmosphere at Harvard "irksome" and was frequently admonished for "indecorum at prayers," "neglect of mathematics," and "tardiness at recitation."〔Scott, ed., 1991, p. 2〕 Nonetheless, Henry graduated from Harvard in the middle of the class in 1860.〔Heidler and Heidler, 2000, p. 1; Scott, ed., 1991, p. 2〕 He was reading law in his father's law office when the Civil War broke out.〔
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