| Henry Gassaway Kennett | |
| Birth Date: | August 29, 1835 |
| Birth Place: | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Death Date: | January 6, 1895 |
| Death Place: | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Placeofburial: | Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Allegiance: | United States Union |
| Branch: | United States Army Union Army |
| Rank: | Bvt. Brigadier General |
| Unit: | 79th Ohio Infantry Regiment |
| Battles: | American Civil War |
| Laterwork: | Ohio House of Representative |
Henry Gassaway Kennett (August 29, 1835 - January 6, 1895) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a Union brevet brigadier general during the period of the American Civil War.
Kennett began the war serving a lieutenant colonel for the 27th Ohio. He later served as a colonel of the 79th Ohio Infantry Regiment and led this regiment in Tennessee. Kennett resigned from the Union army on August 1, 1864. He was later named a brevet brigadier general with a promotion date of March 13, 1865. After the war, Kennett served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. He died in 1895, in Cincinnati.[1] [2]
His father Colonel John Kennett, who was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, had attended Harvard College, and had co-owned a large tobacco company in Cincinnati, before leading the 4th Ohio Cavalry Regiment from 1861 until 1863.[3]