Polcino, Christine Ann (Fall 2004). "Biography: Garnet, Henry Highland". Literary and Cultural Heritage Map of Pennsylvania Writers. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University. Archived from the original on May 15, 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
Polcino, Christine Ann (Fall 2004). "Biography: Garnet, Henry Highland". Literary and Cultural Heritage Map of Pennsylvania Writers. University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University. Archived from the original on May 15, 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
Garnet reportedly had white swelling of his diseased leg that became symptomatic during Garnet's teenage years, most likely as a complication of tuberculous arthritis, a progressive disease that may cause predisposition to additional trauma.