Henry Lawrence Burnett

Henry Lawrence Burnett
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York
In office
January 1898 – January 1906
PresidentWilliam McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Preceded byWallace Macfarlane
Succeeded byHenry L. Stimson
Personal details
Born(1838-12-26)December 26, 1838
DiedJanuary 4, 1916(1916-01-04) (aged 77)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Resting placeSlate Hill Cemetery
Goshen, New York
Spouses
Grace Hoffman
(m. 1858; died 1864)
Sarah Gibson Lansing
(m. 1867; died 1877)
(m. 1882)
EducationChester Academy
Hiram Academy
Alma materOhio State National Law School
Signature
Military service
AllegianceUnited States of America
Union
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Union Army
Years of service1861–1865
Rank Major
Brevet Brigadier General
Battles/wars
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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 assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He was appointed to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers in 1866, to rank from March 13, 1865.