Benham, Henry Washington

Life Span
to
Full name
Henry Washington Benham
Place of Birth
Cheshire, CT
Burial Place
Congressional Cemetery, Washington, DC
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
4
Family
Jared Benham, Jr. (father), Rebecca Hill Benham (mother), Elizabeth Andrews McNeil (wife) 
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Military
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
US military (Post-Civil War)
Date Event
Major General David Hunter takes command of the Union Army's new Department of the South
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