Henry Lawson Wyatt (February 12, 1842 – June 10, 1861), was a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War.

He grew up learning carpentry as a trade, and as a child accompanied his father to North Carolina where he would later settle in Tarboro in October, 1856.

A local militia was organized on April 18 of that year called the Edgecombe Guards, and Wyatt was one of its first enlistees.

During the battle, Wyatt and four others volunteered to set fire to a nearby barn which was thought to be aiding Union soldiers.

[2] As he crossed a field with the other soldiers a volley struck him down midway, and he was noticed to have a clot of blood on his forehead "as large as a man's fist.