Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Henry "Harry" Heth (/ˈhiːθ/ not /ˈhɛθ/; rhymes with TEETH; December 16, 1825 – September 27, 1899) was a career United States Army officer who became a Confederate general in the American Civil War. Early in the war, he came to the notice of Robert E. Lee while briefly serving as his Quartermaster, and was given a brigade under A.P. Hill, whose division he commanded when the latter was wounded at Chancellorsville.He is generally blamed for accidentally starting the Battle of Gettysburg by sending half his division into the town before the rest of the Army of Northern Virginia was fully prepared. Later in the day, he succeeded in routing a Union corps, but at a heavy cost in casualties.Heth was a cousin of Confederate General George Pickett.. }
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- Henry_Heth abstract "Henry "Harry" Heth (/ˈhiːθ/ not /ˈhɛθ/; rhymes with TEETH; December 16, 1825 – September 27, 1899) was a career United States Army officer who became a Confederate general in the American Civil War. Early in the war, he came to the notice of Robert E. Lee while briefly serving as his Quartermaster, and was given a brigade under A.P. Hill, whose division he commanded when the latter was wounded at Chancellorsville.He is generally blamed for accidentally starting the Battle of Gettysburg by sending half his division into the town before the rest of the Army of Northern Virginia was fully prepared. Later in the day, he succeeded in routing a Union corps, but at a heavy cost in casualties.Heth was a cousin of Confederate General George Pickett.".