Huger, Benjamin

Life Span
to
Full name
Benjamin Huger
Place of Birth
Charleston, SC
Burial Place
Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, MD
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
5
Family
Francis Kinloch Huger (father), Harriott Lucas Pinckney (mother), Elizabeth Pinckney (wife)
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Occupation
Military
Farmer or Planter
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Confederate Army
Date Event
- In North Carolina, a combined federal army and navy operation captures Roanoke Island
- Largest battle yet in the eastern theater fought at Fair Oaks, Virginia near Richmond
Mexican War
How to Cite This Page: "Huger, Benjamin," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/5937.