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Benton was born in New Market, Maryland. His father died when he was four months old and in 1836, he moved with his mother to Richmond, Indiana. Beginning at age 15, Benton spent 2–3 years in Cincinnati as a chairmaker. When Benton was 18 years old, he enlisted as a private in the Mexican War, and fought with gallantry in the mounted infantry at Contreras, Churubusco, Chapultepec and Mexico City.
Returning to Richmond at the war's end, he entered college to study law. He was admitted to the bar in Indiana in 1851 and began practice with Charles Clark. In 1852, he was elected district attorney of Wayne County on the Whig ticket and served until 1854. In 1854, he formed a partnership with J. B. Julian which continued until 1856, when he was elected judge of the Common pleas court, serving one term, until defeated for renomination in 1858.
In 1855, Benton was married to Sarah A. Wiggins, daughter of Daniel A. Wiggins of Richmond. He and Sarah had three children, Walter, Jessie, and Mary. His wife died of consumption in 1861 at the age of 27.
Benton raised the first company from Wayne County following Lincolns call for 75,000 volunteers. He was its captain when the company became part of the 8th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment, but was elected the regiment's colonel. He led the 8th Indiana in some the earliest fighting of the war during McClellan's Western Virginia campaign of 1861, including the Battle of Rich Mountain.
The regiment was then ordered to Missouri. Benton is said to have commanded a brigade at the Battle of Pea Ridge, although the Official Records lists another officer as the official commander, a member of the 33rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment described as "lacking in the fundamental requisites of leadership". While in Missouri, he was remarried to a war widow, Emma Adolphin Lenhart, after a ten-day courtship.
At the Battle of Cotton Plant in July 1862, he led a brigade. His troops came on the field after most of the fighting was over and helped rout the beaten Confederate force.
In April 1862 Benton was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers. He served with distinction at the Battles of Port Gibson, Jackson (where he was wounded), Champion Hill, Big Black River, and at the Siege of Vicksburg.
He then served in various district commands with the XIII Corps in Texas and Louisiana throughout 1864, until he commanded a division in the campaign against Mobile, Alabama in early 1865. Benton was mustered out of the volunteer service on July 24, 1865. On January 13, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Benton for the award of the brevet grade of major general of volunteers, to rank from March 26, 1865, and the U.S. Senate confirmed the award on March 12, 1866.
After the war, Benton was appointed the Collector of Internal Revenue in the City of New Orleans. However, he died of yellow fever on March 14, 1867. He was interred at Greenwood Cemetery. Benton was a Freemason and member of Webb Lodge No. 24 at Richmond, Indiana, and King Solomon Chapter No 4 Royal Arch Masons in New Orleans.
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<p>Benton was born in New Market, Maryland. His father died when he was four months old and in 1836, he moved with his mother to Richmond, Indiana. Beginning at age 15, Benton spent 2–3 years in Cincinnati as a chairmaker. When Benton was 18 years old, he enlisted as a private in the Mexican War, and fought with gallantry in the mounted infantry at Contreras, Churubusco, Chapultepec and Mexico City.</p>
<p>Returning to Richmond at the war's end, he entered college to study law. He was admitted to the bar in Indiana in 1851 and began practice with Charles Clark. In 1852, he was elected district attorney of Wayne County on the Whig ticket and served until 1854. In 1854, he formed a partnership with J. B. Julian which continued until 1856, when he was elected judge of the Common pleas court, serving one term, until defeated for renomination in 1858.</p>
<p>In 1855, Benton was married to Sarah A. Wiggins, daughter of Daniel A. Wiggins of Richmond. He and Sarah had three children, Walter, Jessie, and Mary. His wife died of consumption in 1861 at the age of 27.</p>
<p>Benton raised the first company from Wayne County following Lincolns call for 75,000 volunteers. He was its captain when the company became part of the 8th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment, but was elected the regiment's colonel. He led the 8th Indiana in some the earliest fighting of the war during McClellan's Western Virginia campaign of 1861, including the Battle of Rich Mountain.</p>
<p>The regiment was then ordered to Missouri. Benton is said to have commanded a brigade at the Battle of Pea Ridge, although the Official Records lists another officer as the official commander, a member of the 33rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment described as "lacking in the fundamental requisites of leadership". While in Missouri, he was remarried to a war widow, Emma Adolphin Lenhart, after a ten-day courtship.</p>
<p>At the Battle of Cotton Plant in July 1862, he led a brigade. His troops came on the field after most of the fighting was over and helped rout the beaten Confederate force.</p>
<p>In April 1862 Benton was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers. He served with distinction at the Battles of Port Gibson, Jackson (where he was wounded), Champion Hill, Big Black River, and at the Siege of Vicksburg.</p>
<p>He then served in various district commands with the XIII Corps in Texas and Louisiana throughout 1864, until he commanded a division in the campaign against Mobile, Alabama in early 1865. Benton was mustered out of the volunteer service on July 24, 1865. On January 13, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Benton for the award of the brevet grade of major general of volunteers, to rank from March 26, 1865, and the U.S. Senate confirmed the award on March 12, 1866.</p>
<p>After the war, Benton was appointed the Collector of Internal Revenue in the City of New Orleans. However, he died of yellow fever on March 14, 1867. He was interred at Greenwood Cemetery. Benton was a Freemason and member of Webb Lodge No. 24 at Richmond, Indiana, and King Solomon Chapter No 4 Royal Arch Masons in New Orleans.</p>
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Assistant Professor of English and the Hilltopper newspaper moderator at St. Edward's from 1965 to 1971. At some point he changed his name to Jude Benton.
From the description of William E. Benton collection, 1958-1994. (St. Edward's University Library). WorldCat record id: 52857238
Wikipedia.org article for William Plummer Benton, viewed November 16, 2020
<p>Benton was born in New Market, Maryland. His father died when he was four months old and in 1836, he moved with his mother to Richmond, Indiana. Beginning at age 15, Benton spent 2–3 years in Cincinnati as a chairmaker. When Benton was 18 years old, he enlisted as a private in the Mexican War, and fought with gallantry in the mounted infantry at Contreras, Churubusco, Chapultepec and Mexico City.</p>
<p>Returning to Richmond at the war's end, he entered college to study law. He was admitted to the bar in Indiana in 1851 and began practice with Charles Clark. In 1852, he was elected district attorney of Wayne County on the Whig ticket and served until 1854. In 1854, he formed a partnership with J. B. Julian which continued until 1856, when he was elected judge of the Common pleas court, serving one term, until defeated for renomination in 1858.</p>
<p>In 1855, Benton was married to Sarah A. Wiggins, daughter of Daniel A. Wiggins of Richmond. He and Sarah had three children, Walter, Jessie, and Mary. His wife died of consumption in 1861 at the age of 27.</p>
<p>Benton raised the first company from Wayne County following Lincolns call for 75,000 volunteers. He was its captain when the company became part of the 8th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment, but was elected the regiment's colonel. He led the 8th Indiana in some the earliest fighting of the war during McClellan's Western Virginia campaign of 1861, including the Battle of Rich Mountain.</p>
<p>The regiment was then ordered to Missouri. Benton is said to have commanded a brigade at the Battle of Pea Ridge, although the Official Records lists another officer as the official commander, a member of the 33rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment described as "lacking in the fundamental requisites of leadership". While in Missouri, he was remarried to a war widow, Emma Adolphin Lenhart, after a ten-day courtship.</p>
<p>At the Battle of Cotton Plant in July 1862, he led a brigade. His troops came on the field after most of the fighting was over and helped rout the beaten Confederate force.</p>
<p>In April 1862 Benton was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers. He served with distinction at the Battles of Port Gibson, Jackson (where he was wounded), Champion Hill, Big Black River, and at the Siege of Vicksburg.</p>
<p>He then served in various district commands with the XIII Corps in Texas and Louisiana throughout 1864, until he commanded a division in the campaign against Mobile, Alabama in early 1865. Benton was mustered out of the volunteer service on July 24, 1865. On January 13, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Benton for the award of the brevet grade of major general of volunteers, to rank from March 26, 1865, and the U.S. Senate confirmed the award on March 12, 1866.</p>
<p>After the war, Benton was appointed the Collector of Internal Revenue in the City of New Orleans. However, he died of yellow fever on March 14, 1867. He was interred at Greenwood Cemetery. Benton was a Freemason and member of Webb Lodge No. 24 at Richmond, Indiana, and King Solomon Chapter No 4 Royal Arch Masons in New Orleans.</p>
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Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984
Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889
File Unit: 1863 - Benton, Wm P - File No. B855
Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984
Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889
File Unit: 1863 - Benton, Wm P - File No. B855
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Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984
Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889
File Unit: 1863 - Benton, Wm P - File No. B855
Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984
Series: Carded Records Relating to Civil War Staff Officers, 1890 - 1912
File Unit: Benton, William P. -- Brigadier General
Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984
Series: Carded Records Relating to Civil War Staff Officers, 1890 - 1912
File Unit: Benton, William P. -- Brigadier General
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Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984
Series: Carded Records Relating to Civil War Staff Officers, 1890 - 1912
File Unit: Benton, William P. -- Brigadier General
Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984
Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889
File Unit: 1863 - Benton, Wm P - File No. B948
Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984
Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889
File Unit: 1863 - Benton, Wm P - File No. B948
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Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984
Series: Letters Received, 1805 - 1889
File Unit: 1863 - Benton, Wm P - File No. B948
Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984
Series: Indexes to the Carded Records of Soldiers Who Served in Volunteer Organizations During the Civil War, 1899 - 1927
File Unit: Benton, William P - Unit: 8th Infantry (3 Months, 1861), Company: F&S - Enlistment Rank: Col, Discharge Rank: Col
Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984
Series: Indexes to the Carded Records of Soldiers Who Served in Volunteer Organizations During the Civil War, 1899 - 1927
File Unit: Benton, William P - Unit: 8th Infantry (3 Months, 1861), Company: F&S - Enlistment Rank: Col, Discharge Rank: Col
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Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1762 - 1984
Series: Indexes to the Carded Records of Soldiers Who Served in Volunteer Organizations During the Civil War, 1899 - 1927
File Unit: Benton, William P - Unit: 8th Infantry (3 Months, 1861), Company: F&S - Enlistment Rank: Col, Discharge Rank: Col
Philip Case Lockwood memorial collection of Civil War portraits and autographs, 1862-ca. 1886.
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Benton, William Plummer, 1828-1867
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[Papers], 1826-1873.
Davis, Jefferson Columbus, 1828-1879. [Papers], 1826-1873.
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[Papers], 1826-1873.
This collection consists principally of Davis' official Civil War papers, particularly receipts, bills, requisitions, and other documents relating to his work in the quartermaster's department in Indianapolis (May-August 1861). Also, contained is official correspondence regarding his duties in Missouri and Tennessee, including a letter book containing retained copies of his telegrams to Gen. John C. Fremont; letters and inspection reports sent to him while he was with the 14th Army Corps in South Carolina; ration and provision reports on Kentucky state troops; his correspondence as commander of the District of Kentucky, including correspondence regarding claims of Kentucky residences against the army; his account books for personal items (1868-1870); and a translation of a German article on the Modoc War (ca. 1875).
Benton, William E. William E. Benton collection, 1958-1994.
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Benton, William T.,
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Miscellaneous local history materials, 1830-1963.
Miscellaneous local history materials, 1830-1963.
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Miscellaneous local history materials, 1830-1963.
Miscellaneous items pertaining to the history of Pleasant Valley include an audio tape from the sesquicentennial of the Pleasant Valley Post Office, 1963; transcripts of the Crum Elbow tax lists for 1738-1786 made by Clifford M. Buck; typescript of reminiscences by William A. Benton I pertaining to the history of eastern Dutchess County with additions by William A. Benton II, 1881-1971; photocopy of scrapbook on the history of Pleasant Valley kept by Irene Bower, 1932-1963; and a photocopy with typescript of the 1830 census for Pleasant Valley.
Pleasant Valley (Dutchess County, N.Y. : Town). Town Historian. Miscellaneous local history materials, 1830-1963.
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Benton, William T.,
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1819-1869.
, 1819-1869.
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1819-1869.
Eli Smith was a missionary in the Middle East and translator of the Bible intoArabic, 1826-1857. The papers include missionary and family correspondence andscholarly papers chiefly on philology and geography.
William Plummer Benton lived in Richmond, Indiana as a child. William Plummer Benton also attended College, served as a District Attorney, and a Judge in Wayne County, Indiana.
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