Soldier: Jonathon Benedict
Regiment: 3rd. OVI
Company: I
Age: 20
Date Entering Service: April 25, 1861
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Killed on December 31, 1862, at the battle of Stones River, Tennessee
Battles in which he fought:
Middle Creek Fork, WVa. July 6, 1861
Rich Mountain, WVa. July 11, 1861
Elkwater, W.Va. Sept. 11, 1861
Bridgeport, Al. April 29, 1862
Perryville, Ky. Oct. 8, 1862
Stone River, Tenn. Dec. 31, 1862
Other interesting information discovered:
Jonathon Benedict was an older brother of Charles W. Benedict
Date of Death: Dec. 31, 1862
Place of burial: Stones River National Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Researcher: Patrick Drouhard