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MAJOR GENERAL HENRY W. LAWTON WAR MEMORIAL PHOTO

MAJOR GENERAL HENRY W. LAWTON WAR MEMORIAL PHOTO
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Location: CRESCENT AVENUE AND LAKE AVENUE

City: FORT WAYNE

State: Indiana

Zip Code: 46805

Type of Memorial: War Memorial Photo

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR, INDIAN WARS, SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR AND PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION

Photograph By: DUANE AND TRACY MARSTELLER

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

He lived in Fort Wayne as a child and returned to study at Methodist Episcopal College before the Civil War broke out. A Medal of Honor recipient for heroism during the Civil War, he was the first general officer of the United States killed in overseas action.

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