1. Alfred Howe Terry was a Union general in the American Civil War and the military commander of the Dakota Territory from 1866 to 1869, and again from 1872 to 1886.
22 Facts About Alfred Terry
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In 1865, Terry led Union troops to victory at the Second Battle of Fort Fisher in North Carolina.
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Alfred Terry graduated from the Hopkins School in New Haven in 1838.
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Alfred Terry organized an elite and special regiment, 7th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, a three-year regiment, naming Joseph Roswell Hawley, who assisted in raising the regiment, as lieutenant colonel.
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Alfred Terry was appointed brigadier general of volunteers in April 1862 and placed in command of the Morris Island Division of the X Corps.
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Alfred Terry was heavily involved in the siege operations against Charleston during 1863 and Morris Island, South Carolina.
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Once the Siege of Petersburg began, Alfred Terry continued to fight in the battles north of the James River, notably at the Battle of New Market Heights.
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Alfred Terry's leadership was never in question, but he had not achieved the same battlefield glory that many of his counterparts had won by this time in the war.
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Unlike Butler, Terry worked well with the Navy under the command of David D Porter.
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On January 13,1865, Alfred Terry sent a division of United States Colored Troops to hold off Confederate forces under Braxton Bragg to the north of Fort Fisher.
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Alfred Terry sent his other division under Adelbert Ames against the northern part of the fort.
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Alfred Terry is generally considered one of the most capable generals with no previous military training to emerge from the war.
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Alfred Terry helped to negotiate the Treaty of Fort Laramie, which ended Red Cloud's campaign against American troops in the region.
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Alfred Terry became a strong opponent of the Ku Klux Klan after being assigned as the last military governor of the Third Military District, based in Atlanta, where he served beginning on December 22,1869.
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Alfred Terry was still in command in Montana during the Nez Perce War and sent reinforcements to intercept Chief Joseph.
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In 1881, as the Northern Pacific Railway's transcontinental rail line was building across Montana, the new town of Alfred Terry, Montana was named in his honor.
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In 1886, Alfred Terry was promoted to major general and was given command of the Military Division of the Missouri, headquartered in Chicago.
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Alfred Terry retired from the Army on 5 April 1888.
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Alfred Terry died two years later in New Haven, Connecticut, where he is buried in Grove Street Cemetery.
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General Alfred Terry was a First Class Companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, a military society for officers of the Union Armed Forces and their descendants.
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In 1967, Terry was portrayed by Robert F Simon on the ABC television series Custer.
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In 1991, Alfred Terry was portrayed by Alfred Terry O'Quinn in the television film Son of the Morning Star.