Henry H. Cobb was born in 1840 in Middlebury, Vermont. He came of age at the start of the American Civil War. Thus, he enlisted on September 6, 1861 and mustered in on September 16, 1861. He joined as a Private with Company B of the 5th Vermont Infantry. Henry Cobb was discharged due to disability on October 18, 1862.
A pension was applied for on March 9, 1863. Cobb died on December 16, 1865. After his death, a minor received the pension until June 21, 1866. The child likely had turned 16 by then, which was the aging out number for a minor.-http://www.vermontcivilwar.org/get.php?input=12307