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Biography
of
Obituary Notice
Albert B. Benedict died Monday morning at 2 o'clock at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. J.B. Gibson, 1107 Elm Street, in Shenandoah, Iowa where he has been making his home the
past two months. There was no immediate cause for his death and he was just worn
out being 87 years old the fourth of last August. For forty years he was Justice
of the Peace at Grange Hall,
Mo., his old home, where the
funeral services will be held, the corpse having been taken this morning by
hearse to that place, accompanied by funeral director, S.G. Allured. He leaves
to mourn him beside his daughter, Mrs. J.B. Gibson, Mrs Clint Mart also of this place, a daughter, and a son,
Josiah, of Washington and many friends among
the early pioneers of northwest Missouri. Shenandoah
World
Note to above Obituary: Mrs. John B. Gibson was Alberts
oldest child Hannah Mahala. Not mentioned were his
four other children Thomas Levi, John Wayland,
Francis Josiah, Julia Luvica.
Alberts wife Lois, had proceeded him in
1879.
Below is a picture of Alberts
children believed to have been taken at the time of his funeral.
Alberts Military
History
Researched and
Compiled
By
Derry L.
Benedict
Family and Civil War
Historian
At the outset of the Civil
War thirty-five year old Albert B. Benedict
and his his uncle, Aaron Benedict, left their
Atchison County homes and returned to their birthplace in
Venango County, Pennsylvania where they enlisted in a newly
forming cavalry regiment. Albert served through the duration of the war and
returned to his home in Missouri, but his Uncle Aaron succumbed to
wounds suffered in June of 1863.
Fourth Pennsylvania
Cavalry
(64th Pa.
Volunteers Regiment)
The Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry was organized at Harrisburg, Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh in
the late summer of 1861. In mid-October, 1861, the various companies were
consolidated on the grounds of the Soldiers Home in Washington, D.C., and the regiment was mustered into
Federal service there on October 14th. One thousand eight officers
and enlisted men were accepted into service as members of the
regiment.
Of the 12
companies forming the regiment Sgt Benedict was assigned to Company H Venango
County.
Upon being mustered into
Federal service the regiment was attached to the Defenses of Washington. It served in
that command until May, 1862. The unit saw service in the Department of the
Rappahannock and in June, 1862, the regiment joined the Army of the Potomac, serving in that Army for the remainder of its
service.
The Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry
participated in more than one hundred thirty-five various engagements during its
career. A few of the more well known engagements are identified
below.
Seven Days Battles
..........June 25 July 1, 1862
Battle, Mechanicsville , Beaver Dam Creek
.............June 26,
1862
Battle, Gaines Mill , Cold Harbor ,
.......................June 27, 1862
Battle, Malvern Hill , Crews Farm ,
.
.............................July
1, 1862
Battle,
South Mountain, Md.
.................Sept 14,
1862
Battle,
Antietam, Sharpsburg,
Md.
.................Sept 16 -17, 1862
Action, Sharpsburg ,
Shepherdstown ,
......................Sept
19,1862
Battle,
Fredricksburg, Va.
.............Dec 12 - 15,
1862
Burnsides Mud March,
Va.
.............Jan 20 - 24, 1863
Operations at Rappahannock Bridge and
.........Feb 5 - 7,
1863
Chancellorsville Campaign
...
.Apr 27- May 6, 1863
Stonemans Raid
..
Apr 29- May 8, 1863
Engagement, Brandy Station , ...........................................
..Jun
9, 1863
Gettysburg Campaign
...Jun 11- Jul 24,1863
Battle,
Gettysburg, Pa.
............Jul 1 -
3, 1863
Action, Culpepper Court House, Va.
.............Sep 13,
1863
Battle,
Bristoe
Station, Va.
..............Oct 14, 1863
Kilpatricks Raid from
Stevensburg to
............Feb 28- Mar 4,1864
Wilderness Campaign
May 4- Jun12, 1864
Engagement, Todds Tavern,
Va.
.......May 5- 6,
1864
Sheridans Raid from Todds
Tavern to
..........May 9- 24,
1864
the James River, Va.
Engagement, Cold Harbor, Va.
......May 31-Jun
1,1864
Siege, Petersburg, Va.
........Jun 29, 1864
-Apr 2, 1865
Engagement, Malvern Hill , Va.
.......Jul 28,
1864
Skirmish, White Oak Swamp, Va.
............Aug 18,
1864
Battle, Weldon R.R., Globe
Tavern (Yellow House)
.............Aug 18-21,
1864
and Blacks Station (Six Mile
House). Va.
Battle, Reams Station,
Va.
.............Aug 25, 1864
Expedition to and Skirmish
at
....Dec 1, 1864
Stony Creek Station,
Va.
Battle, Dabneys Mills , Hatchers Run ,
.........................Feb 5-7, 1865
Appomattox Campaign
.Mar 28-Apr 9,1865
Engagement, Dinwiddie Court House, Va.
...........Mar 30-31,
1865
Battle,
Five Forks, Va.
...............Apr 1,
1865
Engagement, Amelia Springs, Va.
..........Apr 5, 1865
Surrender, Appomattox Court House, Va.
.............Apr 9,
1865
Expedition from
Burkesville to Danville , Va.
.........................Apr 23-29, 1865
Expedition into southwest
Virginia in
pursuit of
......May 20-22, 1865
Governor Smiths party
(Jefferson Davis)
In late May,1865, following the Confederate surrender, the
Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry was moved to
Lynchburg, Virginia. There it remained until finally
mustered out of Federal service on July 1, 1865. Ordered back to Pittsburgh, the regiment
was discharged there.
(1st Sgt Benedict's
military records in the National Archives indicate that he was listed
as missing in action following one
engagement in Virginia. Although unconfirmed, family
folklore suggests that Sgt Benedict was taken prisoner when thrown from his
horse and subsequently held at the infamous Andersonville, Georgia Prison Camp
and was among the very few who escaped from that
facility.)
At the outset of the Civil
War thirty-five year old Albert B. Benedict and his uncle, Aaron
Benedict, left their Atchison
County homes and returned to their
birthplace in Venango
County, Pennsylvania
where they enlisted in a newly forming cavalry regiment. Albert served through
the duration of the war and returned to his home in Missouri, but his Uncle
Aaron succumbed to wounds suffered in June of
1863.