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: [New York] Benedict, Lewis - Unit: 162nd Infantry, Company: [Blank] - Enlistment Rank: Colonel,

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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: [New York] Benedict, Lewis - Unit: 162nd Infantry, Company: [Blank] - Enlistment Rank: Colonel, Discharge Rank: Colonel

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Benedict, Lewis, 1817-1864

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Before the American Civil War, Benedict was an Albany city attorney and a New York State Assemblyman. He graduated from Williams College in 1837. Benedict served during the Civil War as colonel of the 162nd New York Volunteer Infantry. It was recruited under the auspices of the Metropolitan Police at New York City and was part of the Metropolitan Brigade. He was captured at Williamsburg, Virginia, and spent months in various Confederate prisons. Benedict fought the Siege of Port Hudson in ...