Frank T. Bennett diary, 1862.
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Bennett, Frank T., 1834-1871
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Frank T. Bennett, the son of Daniel R. Bennett and Ann Taylor, was born in 1834. In 1861 he enlisted in the 55th Pennsylvania Volunteers and was given a commission as a lieutenant colonel. In March 1862 Bennett was taken prisoner on Tybee Island, off the coast of Georgia. He was subsequently imprisoned in jails in Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina, and was paroled in October 1862. Bennett was captured again later in the war and held in Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia. From t...
United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 55th (1861-1865)
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Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment organized at Harrisburg, by Colonel Richard White in the summer and autumn of 1861 with men from the counties of Bedford, Berks, Blair, Cambria, Dauphin, Indiana, and Schuykill. Saw service throughout the war. Mustered out of service on the 30th of August, 1865. From the description of Records of the 55th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteersand its Colonel, Richard White, 1855-1909 (bulk 1861-1865). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 48995412 ...
