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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.