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Henry Shippen Huidekoper |
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biography
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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. |
