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Born: 1839.

Died: Killed In Action on September 17, 1862 (aged 24 years).

Buried:

Occupation:

Enlisted: At Brooklyn, New York to serve 3 years (aged 24 years).

Mustered In: August 20, 1862 as Private.

Company: A

Killed In Action: September 17, 1862 at the Battle of Antietam Creek, Sharpsburg, Maryland.

An Article from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle in September 1862, conveying the subject of a letter written by Private John Moody, Company A, regarding the death of Private Henry Van Brunt:

A Letter From Mr. John Moody, of  Co. A, 14th Regiment N.Y.S.M., dated from 
"Near the Potomac, Md., Sept. 21" conveys the melancholy intelligence that Mr. 
Henry Van Brunt of that company was killed in the battle of the 17th, two miles 
from Sharpsburg.  He received a ball through the head and another through the 
thigh.  His comrades buried him with military honors.  The deceased was a most 
promising young man; but twenty-six years of age, and had only been on to the 
regiment three weeks.  He was a brother of Ald. Jas. Van Brunt of the 8th Ward, 
who with members of the family have our sympathy under their bereavement.