Henry Heth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Confederate Army general
Date of Birth: 16-Dec-1825
Place of Birth: Black Heath, Virginia, United States
Date of Death: 27-Sep-1899
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Henry Heth
- Henry Heth ( not ) (December 16, 1825 – September 27, 1899) was a career United States Army officer who became a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He came to the notice of Robert E.
- Lee while serving briefly as his quartermaster, and was given a brigade in the Third Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia commanded by A.P.
- Hill, whose division he commanded when the latter was wounded at Chancellorsville.
- He is generally blamed for accidentally starting the Battle of Gettysburg by sending half his division into the town before the rest of the army was fully prepared.
- Later in the day, Confederate troops succeeded in routing a Union corps, but at a heavy cost in casualties, including Heth himself.
- Heth continued to command his division during the remainder of the war and briefly took command of the Third Corps in April 1865 after the death of General Hill.
- Heth surrendered with the rest of Lee's army on April 9.
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