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HUIDEKOPER, Henry Shippen, soldier, was born
in Meadville, Pa., July 17, 1839; son of Edgar and Frances (Shippen)
Huidekoper and grandson of Harm Jan, emigrant from Holland in 1796, and
Rebecca (Calhoun) Huidekoper. He was graduated at Harvard in 1862,
receiving Isis A.M. degree in 1872. He served in the civil war as captain
in the 150th regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, and was promoted
lieutenant-colonel and colonel, respectively. While in command of his
regiment in rise first army corps at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, he was
wounded twice, and lost his right arm. He returned to service in
September, 1863, but; prostrated by his wounds was obliged to resign from
the army at Culpeper, Va., in 1864. He was appointed major-general in the
national guard of Pennsylvania by Governor Geary in 1870, and as such was
active in the labor riots in 1877, under Governor Hartranft, solving at
Scranton a question between the military and the civil powers with such
tact and firmness as to establish himself strongly in the confidence of
the governor and the people. Upon the re-organization of the national
guard with Governor Hartranft as the major-general, General Huidekoper was
appointed the senior brigadier-general. He was postmaster at Philadelphia,
Pa., 1880 85, and was accredited by postoffice officials with having
originated and carried through the ounce weight for letters instead of the
former half-ounce. He was married in 1864, to Emma G., daughter of Thomas
W. Evans, of Philadelphia. He is the author of Manual of Service (1879), a
military text-book. . |
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