Henry Martyn McIntire (March 19, 1835 – January 16, 1863) was an American lawyer and soldier who served as

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of the 1st Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment during the

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. Severely wounded at the

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in June 1862, he resigned from the

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and succumbed to his wounds six months later.

Early life and education

McIntire was born on March 19, 1835, in Woodside and grew up in

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. His father was Andrew McIntire. He received his education at the Tennent School located in

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. He went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts degree from

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in 1856 and was a member of

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. He attended

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and read law with Joseph J. Lewis in

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. McIntire gained admittance to the

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bar on September 15, 1858. He practiced law in West Chester until the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861.

Civil War service

McIntire enlisted in the Union Army upon the outbreak of the war and was elected captain of the Brandywine Guards (Company A, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves, comprising mostly

volunteers). Mustered at

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in the spring of 1861, this regiment marched to Camp Wayne at West Chester. McIntire's company was the first to occupy the camp, and therefore he served as camp commander until the regiment officially elected its officers on June 7, 1861. McIntire became lieutenant colonel under Colonel R. Biddle Roberts, former district attorney from

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. On July 4, Governor Andrew Curtin reviewed the 1st and

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regiments in West Chester. On July 21, the 1st Pennsylvania was dispatched to Maryland following the Union defeat at the

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. In the spring of 1862, McIntire's regiment joined General

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's corps of the

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. During the Peninsula Campaign, the regiment served in General

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's corps and fought in its first major actions at the Battle of Beaver Dam Creek (June 26), the

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(June 27), and the

(June 30). McIntire sustained a severe wound in the ankle, necessitating amputation, while repelling Confederate attacks at Glendale at 7:15 P.M. He later reported proudly that his regiment had conceded no ground despite sustaining heavy casualties during a long day of fighting. Captured by the Confederates and taken to

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, he was exchanged for Lt. Col. A. S. Hamilton of the 1st Mississippi Infantry Regiment on July 29. He subsequently spent several months recuperating at the army hospital on Davids Island in New York.

Death and legacy

Sent home to recuperate, McIntire was elected Chester County District Attorney without opposition in the fall of 1862. Still suffering from his wounds, he resigned his commission on January 7, 1863. He succumbed to his wounds on January 16 in

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, and was interred at

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near West Chester. McIntire was one of four colonels from Chester County killed during the Civil War, alongside Thomas S. Bell Jr., George W. Roberts, and Charles Frederick Taylor.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McIntire, Henry 1835 births 1863 deaths 19th-century American lawyers American lawyers admitted to the practice of law by reading law Burials at Oaklands Cemetery County district attorneys in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania lawyers People from Elkton, Maryland People from West Chester, Pennsylvania People of Pennsylvania in the American Civil War Union Army colonels Union military personnel killed in the American Civil War Yale College alumni