Henry Washington Benham

Henry Washington Benham

Infobox Military Person
name=Henry Washington Benham
born= birth date|1813|4|17
died= death date and age|1884|7|1|1813|4|17


caption=Henry W. Benham
placeofbirth=Cheshire, Connecticut
placeofdeath=New York City
placeofburial=Congressional Cemetery
allegiance=flagicon|United States United States of America
branch= United States Army
serviceyears=1837–1882
rank= Brigadier General
commands=
battles=Mexican-American War American Civil War
relations=

Henry Washington Benham (April 17, 1813 – July 1, 1884) was an American soldier and civil engineer who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Benham was born at Cheshire, Connecticut He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1837. He was connected with various government works as a member of the Engineer Corps, and served in the Mexican War in 1847-48. From 1849 to 1852, he was superintending engineer of the sea wall for the protection of Great Brewster Island, Boston Harbor, and from 1852 to 1853 of the Washington (D.C.) Navy Yard.

In 1861 he was appointed engineer of the Department of the Ohio; in the same year he was promoted to be a brigadier general of volunteers and commanded a brigade at New Creek. He disobeyed orders and was subject to a court martial after the battle of James Island in June 16, 1862, at which he was in immediate command under Gen David Hunter. From 1863 to 1865, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, he was in command of the engineer brigade of the Army of the Potomac.

Benham was mustered out of the volunteer service with rank of brevet major general, U. S. Volunteers and the U. S. Army. Promoted to colonel in 1867, he was in charge of the Boston Harbor sea wall from 1866 to 1873, and of the defenses of New York Harbor from 1877 to 1882. He was an expert in the construction of pontoon bridges.

ee also

*List of American Civil War generals

References

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External links

* [http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/Biographies/BiosHenryWashingtonBenham.htm Civil War Interactive]

Persondata
NAME= Benham, Henry Washington
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Union Army General
DATE OF BIRTH= April 17, 1813
PLACE OF BIRTH= Cheshire, Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH= July 1, 1884
PLACE OF DEATH= New York City


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