Henry Benson (soldier)
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Henry Benson was a career United States Army artillery officer who served in the Mexican–American War, Third Seminole War, and American Civil War with the 2nd U.S. Artillery. He sustained mortal wound
BENSON, Henry
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Battery M, 2nd U.S. Artillery, commanded by Captain Henry Benson. Photo taken near Fair Oaks, Virginia, 1862.
James Madison Robertson
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James Madison Robertson was a career United States Army artillery officer who commanded the First Brigade of U.S. Horse Artillery during the American Civil War.
Henry Benson (soldier)
…engagement at Malvern Hill, Virginia (not to be confused with the earlier Battle of Malvern Hill), Benson's Battery M, 2nd U.S., supported by Captain James M. Robertson's Battery B & L, 2nd U.S., engaged two regiments of Confederate infantry and an artillery battery in the early hours of the morning. Benson was mortally…
ROBERTSON, James
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Robertson (2nd seated from left) and staff of the First Brigade, U.S. Horse Artillery in winter quarters, 1863-64.