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George Grenville Benedict
Benedict as a private in the 12th Vermont Infantry .
Born ( 1826-12-10 ) December 10, 1826
Burlington, Vermont
Died April 8, 1907 (1907-04-08) (aged 80)
Burlington, Vermont
Buried
Greenmount Cemetery
Allegiance   United States of America
Service/ branch   United States Army
Vermont Militia
Years of service 1862 - 1865
1866 - 1867
Rank Major (Union Army)
Colonel (Militia)
Unit Vermont 12th Regiment Vermont Volunteer Infantry
Battles/wars American Civil War
Awards Medal of Honor

George Grenville Benedict (December 10, 1826 – April 8, 1907) [1] was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War . Benedict was awarded the country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor , [2] for his action during the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania on July 3, 1863. He was honored with the award on June 27, 1892.

Biography [ edit ]

Benedict was born on 10 December 1826 in Burlington, Vermont . He entered the University of Vermont and graduated with honors in 1847, receiving the degree of Master of Arts in 1850. While a student he became a member of the Sigma Phi Society as well as the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. [3] [4] He was married on October 27, 1853 to Mary Anne, the daughter of Edward and Abigail Frances Kellogg of New Canaan, NY. [3]

He was editor and publisher of The Burlington Daily Free Press in Burlington, Vermont. [5] He served as the president of the Vermont & Boston Telegraph Company from 1859 to 1863; was elected by the people of Chittenden county as a member of the Vermont Senate 1869-71; and served as the secretary of the Corporation of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College from 1865 to 1879. He was selected as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1880. [4] Also in 1880, Benedict was elected to the University of Vermont Board of Trustees. [6]

He served two terms as Burlington postmaster (1861-1864 and 1871-1874). [7]

Military career [ edit ]

Benedict enlisted into the 12th Vermont Infantry at Burlington in August 1862. On the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg , he was among a group of men involved in the successful flank attack on Pickett's Charge , for which he gained the Medal of Honor. [8]

In 1863, he was promoted to a lieutenant, and later appointed aid-de-camp on the staff of Gen. George J. Standard , commanding the 2nd Brigade of Vermont Volunteers. By 1865, he held the office of assistant inspector general with the rank of major. [3] Rising again in 1866, Benedict was appointed aide-de-camp to Governor Paul Dillingham with the rank of colonel. Colonel Benedict was appointed to be military historian of the State of Vermont by Governor Redfield Proctor in 1879. [3]

Books [ edit ]

During his nine-month stint in the Army, Benedict wrote back letters to the newspaper, The Burlington Daily Free Press , for publishing. After the war he later compiled these letters into a two-volume work Vermont in the Civil War: A History of the Part Taken by the Vermont Soldiers and Sailors in the War for the Union 1861-1865 in 1866. [5]

In 1895 he also published Army Life in Virginia: Letters from the Twelfth Vermont Regiment and Personal Experiences of Volunteer Service in the War for the Union 1862-1863 .

Memberships [ edit ]

Benedict was a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States and the Vermont Society of the Sons of the American Revolution . He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1899. [9]

Death [ edit ]

Colonel Benedict died on April 8, 1907, aged 80, in Burlington, Vermont . He is buried in the Greenmount Cemetery in that city. [ citation needed ]

Medal of Honor citation [ edit ]

Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, Company C, 12th Vermont Infantry. Place and date: At Gettysburg, Pa., 3 July 1863.

Passed through a murderous fire of grape and canister in delivering orders and re-formed the crowded lines. [8]

See also [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "George Greenville Benedict" . Retrieved August 27, 2013 .
  2. ^ "Gettysburg July 1-3, 1863 Gettysburg Campaign" . Archived from the original on December 2, 2013 . Retrieved August 27, 2013 .
  3. ^ a b c d Ullery, Jacob (1894). Men of Vermont: An Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters and Sons of Vermont . Transcript Publishing Company.
  4. ^ a b EPV (1891). Catalogue of the Sigma Phi . Sigma Phi Society.
  5. ^ a b DiNardo, R.L. "Army Life in Virginia: The Civil War Letters of George G. Benedict" . Retrieved August 27, 2013 .
  6. ^ University of Vermont (1890). Catalogue of the Officers of Government and Instruction, the alumni and other graduates . FREE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
  7. ^ BENEDICT, George Grenville , in Who's Who in America (1901-1902 edition); p. 82; via archive.org
  8. ^ a b "Civil War (A-L) Medal of Honor Recipients" . Archived from the original on October 18, 2008 . Retrieved August 27, 2013 .
  9. ^ American Antiquarian Society Members Directory

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