Henry Lawrence Burnett, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henry Lawrence Burnett

Union Army General

Date of Birth: 26-Dec-1838

Place of Birth: Youngstown, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 04-Jan-1916

Profession: lawyer, military officer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Henry Lawrence Burnett (December 26, 1838 – January 4, 1916) was an American lawyer and, after serving as a major in the Cavalry Corps (Union Army), he was a colonel and Judge Advocate in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
He was a prosecutor in the trial that followed the Abraham Lincoln assassination.
He was appointed to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers in 1866, to rank from March 13, 1865.