Prentiss, Benjamin Mayberry

Life Span
to
Full name
Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss
Place of Birth
Belleville, VA
Burial Place
Bethany, MO
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Slave State
No. of Spouses
2
No. of Children
12
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
Date Event
Massed Confederate forces attack the Union's Army of the Tennessee at Pittsburg Landing
At Pittsburg Landing, Union reinforcements turn the tide on the second day of the Battle of Shiloh
At the port town of Helena, Arkansas, defenders inflict heavy losses on a Confederate assault
Date Title
John C. Fremont to Abraham Lincoln, July 30, 1861
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