He was listed as a farmer when he enlisted into the Union Army.
US Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles 1861-1865 indicate that at age 18 on 1 October 1861, he enlisted as a Private. On 15 October 1861 he joined Read's Company, Massachusetts 3rd Cavalry Regiment. He mustered out on 1 October 1862 in New Orleans, LA. At this time he was listed as a private in Co C, 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry. The U.S. Registers of Death of Volunteers, 1861-1865 list his date of death as 23 October 1862. His place of death was the St. James General Hospital in New Orleans, LA. Cause of death was chronic diarrhea. The St. James was a hotel that was used as a hospital by the Union Army during the Civil War. On the St. James website they have an interesting story of the history of the hotel. There is even a bit of folklore surrounding the hotel. The hotel's decor was of the colors and romance of the British West Indies. The site states, "In their last moments, soldiers described visions of island heavens so beautiful that it seemed they were drawn into death willingly."
John Benson was originally interred at the Cypress Grove Cemetery #2 according to the U.S. Burial Registers, Military Post & National Cemetery. The registry states, "Disinterment of bodies of deceased U.S. Soldiers known and unknown from Cypress Grove Cemetery #2, New Orleans, LA and re-interred in the National Soldiers Cemetery at Chalmette, LA under the direction of Capt Chas Barnard, A.G.M. March 1867 and April 1867. Original location of Cypress Grove Cemetery #2 Metairie Road near Half Way House and at the end of Canal Street, New Orleans, LA.
He was listed as a farmer when he enlisted into the Union Army.
US Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles 1861-1865 indicate that at age 18 on 1 October 1861, he enlisted as a Private. On 15 October 1861 he joined Read's Company, Massachusetts 3rd Cavalry Regiment. He mustered out on 1 October 1862 in New Orleans, LA. At this time he was listed as a private in Co C, 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry. The U.S. Registers of Death of Volunteers, 1861-1865 list his date of death as 23 October 1862. His place of death was the St. James General Hospital in New Orleans, LA. Cause of death was chronic diarrhea. The St. James was a hotel that was used as a hospital by the Union Army during the Civil War. On the St. James website they have an interesting story of the history of the hotel. There is even a bit of folklore surrounding the hotel. The hotel's decor was of the colors and romance of the British West Indies. The site states, "In their last moments, soldiers described visions of island heavens so beautiful that it seemed they were drawn into death willingly."
John Benson was originally interred at the Cypress Grove Cemetery #2 according to the U.S. Burial Registers, Military Post & National Cemetery. The registry states, "Disinterment of bodies of deceased U.S. Soldiers known and unknown from Cypress Grove Cemetery #2, New Orleans, LA and re-interred in the National Soldiers Cemetery at Chalmette, LA under the direction of Capt Chas Barnard, A.G.M. March 1867 and April 1867. Original location of Cypress Grove Cemetery #2 Metairie Road near Half Way House and at the end of Canal Street, New Orleans, LA.
Gravesite Details
Pvt, 2 MA Cav, Civil War
Family Members
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Abel Stetson Benson
1821–1899
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Ruth Barrett Benson Young
1822–1906
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William W Benson
1823–1868
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Fidelia Benson Keene
1825–1873
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Mary Ann Benson Fletcher
1827–1893
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Joseph F Benson
1830–1902
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America Benson
1831–1914
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Elbridge Benson
1833–1884
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Thomas H. B. Benson
1835–1901
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Sylvia H. Benson Monk
1836–1914
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Calvin B Benson
1838–1891
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Sophia Morton Benson Hathaway
1841–1868
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