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Henry was the son of Edwin Ruthven and Mary (Briggs) Tremain. He was born on November 14, 1840 in New York City.
He was a descendant of Joseph Truman, who settled in New London, Connecticut, in 1666.
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Henry was the son of Edwin Ruthven and Mary (Briggs) Tremain. He was born on November 14, 1840 in New York City.
He was a descendant of Joseph Truman, who settled in New London, Connecticut, in 1666.
After preliminary education in the public schools he attended the College of the City of New York and was graduated with the B. A. degree in 1860. He then entered Columbia University Law School, but his course was interrupted by service in the Civil War and he received the LL. B. degree in 1867.
In April 1861 he enlisted as a private in the 7th New York State Militia. On the return of the regiment from Washington, he resigned to recruit the 73rd New York Volunteers in which he was commissioned first lieutenant in August 1861.
Under McClellan and Pope he participated in the Virginia campaigns of the Army of the Potomac and was mentioned for gallantry at Williamsburg and Malvern Hill. Taken prisoner while leading a counter attack at the second battle of Bull Run, he was confined in Libby Prison for a short time. He resumed duty as aide-de-camp to Daniel E. Sickles, and rendered notable staff service in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. He was also a favorite staff officer of Joseph Hooker.
In 1864 he accompanied Sickles to the West to inspect all armies in the field. Upon his return he rejoined the Army of the Potomac, and participated as a staff officer in all battles to Appomattox. He was appointed captain in 1862, major and aide-de-camp in 1863, and brevetted lieutenant-colonel on Mar. 13, 1865, "for gallant and meritorious service. " He became a colonel in June and a brigadier-general in November 1865. He served in South Carolina until his discharge in 1866.
Immediately after his return to New York in 1868 he began his career at the bar. He was unsuccessful in his candidacy for justice of the court of common pleas in the following year, but maintained an active interest in politics and public law. As special counsel to the United States marshall in 1870 he prosecuted violations of the election laws, and participated in attacks upon the "Tweed ring. " From 1873 to 1877 he was first assistant United States attorney in New York, and thereafter appeared as counsel in the federal courts in cases involving revenue law violations. He joined Joshua T. Owen in 1872 in establishing the New York Law Journal, a daily devoted to news of the courts.
He served as editor for two years, but relinquished the post because of the pressure of his legal duties. He showed deep interest in the associations made by the War. He was president of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, 1902, colonel of the Veterans of the 7th N. Y. N. G. , and president of the III Army Corps Union.
Besides many papers on law, tariff, and taxation he wrote: Last Hours of Sheridan's Cavalry (1904); Two Days of War (1905); Sectionalism Unmasked (1907); and Fifty Papers, Addresses and Writings (1909).
He died on December 9, 1910.
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He was twice president of the National Republican Club and, from 1870 to 1874, president of the alumni association of the College of the City of New York.
He was married to Sarah Brownson, of New York City, on June 1, 1869. They had no children.
