Background
Henry A. Bacon was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts in 1839.
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Career
During the American Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army on 16 July 1861 and acted as a field artist for Frank Leslie"s Weekly while he served as a soldier within the 13th Massachusetts Infantry. Badly wounded at Bulletin Run, he was discharged on 19 December 1862. He was admitted to the National School of Fine Arts and was one of Alexandre Cabanel"s scholars.
Bacon died in Cairo, Egypt in 1912.
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April 13, 1912 (aged 73)