Henry A. Wise

Wise served as a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army . He commanded the District of Roanoke Island in North Carolina during the Battle Of Roanoke Island . He commanded a brigade in the Army Of Northern Virginia during the Siege Of Petersburg , and was with Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House , where he fought bravely but urged Lee to surrender. He was the brother-in-law of Union General George G. Meade .

Wise also supported the annexation of Texas into the United States; Wise County, Texas is named in his honor.

EXTERNAL LINKS

''THE END OF AN ERA'' – by John S. Wise, at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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	1806 births

	1876 deaths

	governors of virginia

	confederate army generals

	members of the united states house of representatives from virginia

	people of virginia in the american civil war

	american diplomats

	virginia politicians

	american historians

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