History of Monroe, (Butler County) Ohio United States of America

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Henry Clarke Corbin, soldier, was born in Monroe, Ohio, Sept. 15, 1843; son of Shadrach and Mary Anne Corbin; and grandson of Nicholas and Anne (Enlowe) Corbin, who migrated to Ohio from Virginia soon after the close of the Revolution. His great-grandfather having served as an officer in the American army, took up land in southern Ohio on a government warrant. Henry was a pupil at Parker's academy and taught school at Olive Branch and Newton, Ohio, meanwhile studying law. On July 28, 1862, he enlisted in the 83rd infantry and was transferred to the 79th as second lieutenant, Aug. 29, 1862, serving in the campaigns of Kentucky and Tennessee, 1862-63. He was promoted 1st lieutenant May 11, 1863; resigned November 13; was appointed major of the 14th U.S. colored infantry at Gallatin, Tenn., Nov. 14, 1863, and assisted in its organization. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel, March 4, 1864, and colonel, Sept. 23, 1865; was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers, March 13, 1865, and honorably mustered out of the volunteer service, March 26, 1866. He then entered the regular army as 2nd lieutenant in the 17th U.S. infantry, being commissioned May 11, and accepting Aug. 20, 1866. He was promoted captain in the 38th U.S. infantry, July 28, 1866, accepting December 31; was brevetted lieutenant-colonel, March 2, 1867, for meritorious service, and transferred to the 24th infantry, Nov. 11, 1869. His promotion to the rank of major and acting adjutant-general on the staff of President Hayes was given June 16, 1880; he was promoted lieutenant-colonel in the same department, June 7, 1889; assistant adjutant-general with the rank of colonel, May 26, 1896, and adjutant-general with the rank of brigadier-general, Feb. 25, 1898. His brevets in the regular army were major, March 2, 1867, for gallant and meritorious services in action at Decatur, Ala., and lieutenant-colonel the same date for the battle of Nashville, Tenn. He was in Texas between Independence and the mouth of the Rio Grande river and out of the route of civilization, 1867-77; was detailed at the executive mansion, Washington. D. C., 1877-81; served as secretary of the Sitting Bull commission in August, 1877; was in the department of the south, 1881-83; of the Missouri, 1883-91, and served against the Sioux Indians with General Miles; in the department of Arizona, 1891-93, where in 1891 he conducted a successful expedition against the Moqui Indians; and in the department of the east, 1893-97. He was secretary of the joint congressional committee to attend the Yorktown centennial and was appointed by that committee master of ceremonies. He was with President Garfield when he was assassinated and was present at his death. On Feb. 25, 1898, he was made adjutant-general of the army, succeeding Gen. Samuel Brock, retired.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Monroe, (Butler County) Ohio

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