Company A "Prince William Cavalry", 4th Virginia Cavalry, Mumford's Brigade, Fitz. Lee's Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence: Prince William County, VA.; 37 years old; 5'10", sandy complexion, grey eyes, sandy hair.
Enlisted on 12/3/1861 at Stafford Court House, VA., he was mustered into Company A, 4th Virginia Cavalry as a Private.
Horse (Roan mare valued at $175) Killed In Action 7/24/1862 in charging the enemy during skirmish at Malvern Hill, Charles City County, VA.
POW 11/3/1862 Piedmont, VA.; confined "Camp near Warrenton", VA. 11/9/1862; Paroled 11/14/1862; exchanged 12/25/1862.
POW 6/5/1863 Sudley's Mills, VA., while home on horse detail; Paroled 6/10/1863 in Old Capitol Prison, Wash., D.C.
Listed on March & April 1864 and subsequent Rolls as 3rd Corporal.
Wounded In Action is skirmish on 12/15/1864 at Hawes' Shop, VA.
Paroled 4/26/1865 Edward's Ferry.
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- AMOS BENSON. -
E.H. Wier, Bristow, W.Va., sends this about him:
Amos Benson was born in Baltimore County, Md., September 7, 1825, and died in the Johns Hopkins Hospital November 5, 1901.
He went to Virginia with his father's family in 1840 where he spent his long and useful life. He joined the Methodist Church in 1842, and later the M.E. Church, South, remaining a faithful and honored member until his death.
In early life he married Margaret A. Newman, with whom he spent nearly fifty years, in the sweetest and purest domestic felicity. She preceded him to the better land about four years ago.
At the beginning of the civil war he joined Company A, Fourth Virginia Cavalry. He fought through the war and surrendered with Lee's Army. He was a brave soldier, faithful to his convictions.
Years after the war, a Federal soldier whose life he had probably saved by care and tender nursing in his home, desired to make him recompense. He declined to receive anything for himself, but accepted a handsome donation for Sudley Church which was being rebuilt.
He was laid to rest in the cemetery of that church. The pallbearers were comrades of Company A, Fourth Virginia Cavalry: Henry Lynn, Curl Lynn, William Wilkins, Bob Cushing, Robert Haislip, B.L. Pridmore. Confederate Veteran, 1902, p. 85.
Residence: Prince William County, VA.; 37 years old; 5'10", sandy complexion, grey eyes, sandy hair.
Enlisted on 12/3/1861 at Stafford Court House, VA., he was mustered into Company A, 4th Virginia Cavalry as a Private.
Horse (Roan mare valued at $175) Killed In Action 7/24/1862 in charging the enemy during skirmish at Malvern Hill, Charles City County, VA.
POW 11/3/1862 Piedmont, VA.; confined "Camp near Warrenton", VA. 11/9/1862; Paroled 11/14/1862; exchanged 12/25/1862.
POW 6/5/1863 Sudley's Mills, VA., while home on horse detail; Paroled 6/10/1863 in Old Capitol Prison, Wash., D.C.
Listed on March & April 1864 and subsequent Rolls as 3rd Corporal.
Wounded In Action is skirmish on 12/15/1864 at Hawes' Shop, VA.
Paroled 4/26/1865 Edward's Ferry.
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- AMOS BENSON. -
E.H. Wier, Bristow, W.Va., sends this about him:
Amos Benson was born in Baltimore County, Md., September 7, 1825, and died in the Johns Hopkins Hospital November 5, 1901.
He went to Virginia with his father's family in 1840 where he spent his long and useful life. He joined the Methodist Church in 1842, and later the M.E. Church, South, remaining a faithful and honored member until his death.
In early life he married Margaret A. Newman, with whom he spent nearly fifty years, in the sweetest and purest domestic felicity. She preceded him to the better land about four years ago.
At the beginning of the civil war he joined Company A, Fourth Virginia Cavalry. He fought through the war and surrendered with Lee's Army. He was a brave soldier, faithful to his convictions.
Years after the war, a Federal soldier whose life he had probably saved by care and tender nursing in his home, desired to make him recompense. He declined to receive anything for himself, but accepted a handsome donation for Sudley Church which was being rebuilt.
He was laid to rest in the cemetery of that church. The pallbearers were comrades of Company A, Fourth Virginia Cavalry: Henry Lynn, Curl Lynn, William Wilkins, Bob Cushing, Robert Haislip, B.L. Pridmore. Confederate Veteran, 1902, p. 85.
Company A "Prince William Cavalry", 4th Virginia Cavalry, Mumford's Brigade, Fitz. Lee's Division, Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence: Prince William County, VA.; 37 years old; 5'10", sandy complexion, grey eyes, sandy hair.
Enlisted on 12/3/1861 at Stafford Court House, VA., he was mustered into Company A, 4th Virginia Cavalry as a Private.
Horse (Roan mare valued at $175) Killed In Action 7/24/1862 in charging the enemy during skirmish at Malvern Hill, Charles City County, VA.
POW 11/3/1862 Piedmont, VA.; confined "Camp near Warrenton", VA. 11/9/1862; Paroled 11/14/1862; exchanged 12/25/1862.
POW 6/5/1863 Sudley's Mills, VA., while home on horse detail; Paroled 6/10/1863 in Old Capitol Prison, Wash., D.C.
Listed on March & April 1864 and subsequent Rolls as 3rd Corporal.
Wounded In Action is skirmish on 12/15/1864 at Hawes' Shop, VA.
Paroled 4/26/1865 Edward's Ferry.
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- AMOS BENSON. -
E.H. Wier, Bristow, W.Va., sends this about him:
Amos Benson was born in Baltimore County, Md., September 7, 1825, and died in the Johns Hopkins Hospital November 5, 1901.
He went to Virginia with his father's family in 1840 where he spent his long and useful life. He joined the Methodist Church in 1842, and later the M.E. Church, South, remaining a faithful and honored member until his death.
In early life he married Margaret A. Newman, with whom he spent nearly fifty years, in the sweetest and purest domestic felicity. She preceded him to the better land about four years ago.
At the beginning of the civil war he joined Company A, Fourth Virginia Cavalry. He fought through the war and surrendered with Lee's Army. He was a brave soldier, faithful to his convictions.
Years after the war, a Federal soldier whose life he had probably saved by care and tender nursing in his home, desired to make him recompense. He declined to receive anything for himself, but accepted a handsome donation for Sudley Church which was being rebuilt.
He was laid to rest in the cemetery of that church. The pallbearers were comrades of Company A, Fourth Virginia Cavalry: Henry Lynn, Curl Lynn, William Wilkins, Bob Cushing, Robert Haislip, B.L. Pridmore. Confederate Veteran, 1902, p. 85.
Residence: Prince William County, VA.; 37 years old; 5'10", sandy complexion, grey eyes, sandy hair.
Enlisted on 12/3/1861 at Stafford Court House, VA., he was mustered into Company A, 4th Virginia Cavalry as a Private.
Horse (Roan mare valued at $175) Killed In Action 7/24/1862 in charging the enemy during skirmish at Malvern Hill, Charles City County, VA.
POW 11/3/1862 Piedmont, VA.; confined "Camp near Warrenton", VA. 11/9/1862; Paroled 11/14/1862; exchanged 12/25/1862.
POW 6/5/1863 Sudley's Mills, VA., while home on horse detail; Paroled 6/10/1863 in Old Capitol Prison, Wash., D.C.
Listed on March & April 1864 and subsequent Rolls as 3rd Corporal.
Wounded In Action is skirmish on 12/15/1864 at Hawes' Shop, VA.
Paroled 4/26/1865 Edward's Ferry.
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- AMOS BENSON. -
E.H. Wier, Bristow, W.Va., sends this about him:
Amos Benson was born in Baltimore County, Md., September 7, 1825, and died in the Johns Hopkins Hospital November 5, 1901.
He went to Virginia with his father's family in 1840 where he spent his long and useful life. He joined the Methodist Church in 1842, and later the M.E. Church, South, remaining a faithful and honored member until his death.
In early life he married Margaret A. Newman, with whom he spent nearly fifty years, in the sweetest and purest domestic felicity. She preceded him to the better land about four years ago.
At the beginning of the civil war he joined Company A, Fourth Virginia Cavalry. He fought through the war and surrendered with Lee's Army. He was a brave soldier, faithful to his convictions.
Years after the war, a Federal soldier whose life he had probably saved by care and tender nursing in his home, desired to make him recompense. He declined to receive anything for himself, but accepted a handsome donation for Sudley Church which was being rebuilt.
He was laid to rest in the cemetery of that church. The pallbearers were comrades of Company A, Fourth Virginia Cavalry: Henry Lynn, Curl Lynn, William Wilkins, Bob Cushing, Robert Haislip, B.L. Pridmore. Confederate Veteran, 1902, p. 85.
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