Soldier: Charles W. Benedict
Regiment: 3rd. OVI
Company: I
Age: 18
Date Entering Service: June 15, 1861
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Mustered out on June 21, 1864. Was wounded in the left thigh, date and battle not known.
Battles in which he fought:
Elkwater, W.Va. Sept. 11, 1861
Bridgeport, Al. April 29, 1862
Perryville, Ky. Oct. 8, 1862
Stone River, Tenn. Dec. 31, 1862
Sand Mountain, Ala. April 30, 1863
Black Warrior Creek, Ala. May 1, 1863
Blounts Farm, Ala. May 2, 1863
Other interesting information discovered:
At least one other brother, John Benedict, was in the same company as Charles. Charles lived in the Cardington area for his entire life.
Date of Death: November 9, 1919 Place of burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Cardington, OH
Adopted By: In memory of the late Don Bowers, and Judy Bowers
Researcher: Patrick Drouhard
