Prentiss, Benjamin Mayberry

Life span:

11/23/1818 to 02/08/1901

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Life Summary

Full name:

Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss

Place of Birth:

Burial Place:

Birth Date Certainty:

Exact

Death Date Certainty:

Exact

Gender:

Male

Race:

White

Sectional choice:

North

Origins:

Slave State

No. of Spouses:

No. of Children:

Family:

Margaret Ann Lodousky (first wife), Mary Worthington Whitney (second wife)

Occupation:

Military

Attorney or Judge

Businessman

Military:

US military (Pre-Civil War)

Union Army

Events

Date span begin	Life span End	Event
04/06/1862	04/06/1862	Massed Confederate forces attack the Union's Army of the Tennessee at Pittsburg Landing
04/07/1862	04/07/1862	At Pittsburg Landing, Union reinforcements turn the tide on the second day of the Battle of Shiloh
07/04/1863	07/04/1863	At the port town of Helena, Arkansas, defenders inflict heavy losses on a Confederate assault

Documents

Subject Docs

Date	Title
07/30/1861	John C. Fremont to Abraham Lincoln, July 30, 1861

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