[1] Later, Henderson stated in his pardon application that he had been recommended for promotion to brigadier general but had never received a commission.

[2][3] He was a wealthy planter and slave owner in Covington in Newton County at the beginning of the Civil War.

[4][7] Robert Johnson Henderson did not join the Confederate States Army at the outset of the Civil War.

[2][8] General Joseph E. Johnston witnessed Henderson leading a desperate charge at the Battle of Bentonville, North Carolina, March 19–21, 1865.

[1][6] At the suggestion of his division commander, when Henderson signed his 1865 parole he listed his rank as brigadier general.

[1] Later, Henderson stated in his pardon application that he had been recommended for promotion to brigadier general but had never received a commission.