Henry W. Benham Family Papers 1813-1954 1836-1915

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Henry W. Benham Family Papers 1813-1954 1836-1915

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The Henry W. Benham Family Papers include the papers of Henry W. and Elizabeth A. Benham, their children, and the family papers of John McNeil and Frederick Dielman, relatives and descendants of the Benhams. The bulk of the papers encompasses the military career of Henry W. Benham, especially during the Civil War. General Benham's papers contain letters and documents from many historical figures, such as John C. Fremont, Jefferson Davis, George B. McClellan, and Edwin M. Stanton. Benham was a national figure whose activities spanned the expansion of the American frontier and made engineering and military history during the nineteenth century. The Henry W. Benham Family Papers are of value to students of military and engineering history, cartography, the Mexican War, the Civil War, and family history of the nineteenth century.

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