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Flash, Henry Lynden

soldier, poet, was born Jan. 20, 1835, in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1852 he graduated from the Western Military institute of Kentucky.

He served in the confederate service during the civil war as a volunteer aide on the staffs of Gen. Hardee and Gen. Wheeler. At the close of the war he edited The Confederate of Macon, Ga. During 1866- 86 he was engaged in business in New Orleans; and since 1887 has resided in Los Angeles, Cal. In 1860 he published a volume of poems; and has written extensively under the pen names of Lynden Eclair and Harry Flash.