Henry L. Benning Papers, 1818-1897

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Henry L. Benning Papers, 1818-1897

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Confederate Army officer, having servedas colonel with the 17th Georgia Volunteers and after as brigadier general of the15th, 20th, and 2nd Georgia regiments (Toombs' Brigade), 1st Division, Army ofNorthern Virginia. Primarily military papers of Benning in southsideVirginia and in North Carolina, including resignations; reassignments; reports ofcasualties; items relating to the arrest of Lt. Henry McCauley; lists of personshaving available supplies and produce; and correspondence concerning a riot inRaleigh, N.C., in September 1863, and the alleged involvement of one of Benning'sofficers, Lt. Col. W.S. Shepherd. Correspondents include Robert A. Toombs, ZebulonB. Vance, James A. Seddon, John D. Whitford, Samuel Cooper, and Jerome BonaparteRobertson. Prewar items consist of miscellaneous legal papers, including themarriage contract, 1834, of Elijah Cook and Mary V. Walker of Harris County, Ga.,and several items relating to the sale of slaves. Postwar items pertain to thecompilation of records and histories of the war and include Benning's notes forEdward P. Alexander's history of Longstreet's Corps.

About 65 items (1 reel of microfilm)

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Benning, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1814-1875

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Henry Lewis Benning was born in Columbia County, Georgia, the son of Pleasant Moon Benning and Malinda Meriwether White, planters. In 1834 he graduated with honors from the University of Georgia, Athens. Soon afterward he moved to Columbus, where he was admitted to the bar. Barely two years after entering upon his profession, Benning was appointed solicitor general for his judicial circuit. in 1839 he married Mary Howard Jones, daughter of a prominent Columbus attorney with whom Benning formed a...