Source: Columbia Daily Times 15 Sept 1913.
The remains of the late Walter A. Bennett arrived from St. Louis at 1:40 p.m. this afternoon. A short funeral service was held at the Episcopal Church followed by interment in Columbia Cemetary. The deceased was an ex-confederate soldier and a mason. He lived in Columbia many years ago and married a Miss. Phillips of Boone County. He moved away from Columbia many years ago and has since made his home with his daughter Mrs. Edith Bennett Gardner in St. Louis. Mrs. Gardner accompanied the remains of her father to Columbia for burial.
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Civil War Info.
Walter was a member of Gen. John Bell Hood's Texas Brigade.
Enlistment Date: 11 July 1861 4th Texas Infantry, Co. F
Promoted to Sgt: 11 May 1862
Prisoner of War: 1864 to 1865
Paroled: 15 June 1865 Joliet, Illinois
Walter attended the 50th year reunion of Civil War Veterans at Gettysburg in July, 1913.
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Other Info.
Walter was a lawyer.
Source: Columbia Daily Times 15 Sept 1913.
The remains of the late Walter A. Bennett arrived from St. Louis at 1:40 p.m. this afternoon. A short funeral service was held at the Episcopal Church followed by interment in Columbia Cemetary. The deceased was an ex-confederate soldier and a mason. He lived in Columbia many years ago and married a Miss. Phillips of Boone County. He moved away from Columbia many years ago and has since made his home with his daughter Mrs. Edith Bennett Gardner in St. Louis. Mrs. Gardner accompanied the remains of her father to Columbia for burial.
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Civil War Info.
Walter was a member of Gen. John Bell Hood's Texas Brigade.
Enlistment Date: 11 July 1861 4th Texas Infantry, Co. F
Promoted to Sgt: 11 May 1862
Prisoner of War: 1864 to 1865
Paroled: 15 June 1865 Joliet, Illinois
Walter attended the 50th year reunion of Civil War Veterans at Gettysburg in July, 1913.
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Other Info.
Walter was a lawyer.
Inscription
Confederate, Company F, 4th Texas Infantry, C.S.A.
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