Biographical data on William A. Bennett, 1863.

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Biographical data on William A. Bennett, 1863.

Photocopies of letters from James George, Judson W. Bishop, and James B. Steedman recommending William A. Bennett, of Chatfield, Minnesota, for promotion to lieutenant of the 2nd Minnesota Regiment.

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Steedman, James B. (James Blair), 1817-1883

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George, James, 1819-1881.

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Bennett, William L. (William Lyon), 1848-1942

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United States. Army. Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865)

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Bishop, J. W. (Judson Wade), 1831-1917

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Judson Wade Bishop was born June 24, 1831, in Evansville, New York, the son of the Reverend John F. and Elena Brown Bishop. He had a brother, John F., and two sisters, Anna and Lena. Bishop was educated at Fredonia and Belleville academies and later took civil engineering training at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. From 1853 to 1857 he was a draftsman for the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada. In 1857 he came to Chatfield, Minnesota, where he did surveyin...