BENNING, Henry Lewis

Confederate

Born: April 2 1814, Columbia Cty GA

Died:  July 10 1875, Columbus GA

Pre-War Profession: Lawyer, judge, politician

War Service: August 1861 Col. of 17th Georgia, Seven Days, Second Manassas, commanded Toombs' brigade at Sharpsburg and Fredericksburg, March 1863 Brig. Gen., commanded Benning's Bde/Hood's Divn at Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Knoxville, commanded Benning's Bde/Field's Divn in Wilderness (w), Petersburg, Appomattox

Post War:  Lawyer