Henry A. Wise
Henry A. Wise
Henry Alexander Wisewas an American lawyer and politician from Virginia. He was a U.S. Representative and Governor of Virginia, and US Minister to Brazil. During the American Civil War, he was a general in the Confederate States Army. He was the father of U.S. Representatives Richard Alsop Wise and John Sergeant Wise...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth3 December 1806
CountryUnited States of America
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I have lately returned from Harpers Ferry, to which place I was suddenly called, on the 17th instant, by causes the most disturbing and destructive to the peace and safety of this State.