Henry Baxter (September 8, 1821 – December 30, 1873) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. At Gettysburg, his brigade resisted a Confederate assault from parts of Maj. Gen. Robert E. Rodes's division, slaughtering hundreds in a surprise attack on Colonel Alfred Iverson's brigade, and held the north flank of the Union. He was wounded four times during the war. He later served as President Grant's Minister to Honduras.
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