Henry L. Benning

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Henry L. Benning was a Confederate general and Georgia Supreme Court justice whose name was later given to the U.S. Army post Fort Benning.

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Henry L. Benning canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Confederate general ⓘ
Georgia Supreme Court justice ⓘ
human ⓘ
judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
allegiance Confederate States of America ⓘ
barAdmission Georgia bar ⓘ
battle Battle of Antietam ⓘ
Battle of Chickamauga ⓘ
Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
Overland Campaign ⓘ
birthDate 1814-04-02 ⓘ
birthPlace Columbia County, Georgia ⓘ
United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
citizenship Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States ⓘ
commanded Benning's Brigade ⓘ
brigade in Hood's Division ⓘ
deathDate 1875-07-10 ⓘ
deathPlace Columbus, Georgia ⓘ
United States ⓘ
educatedAt Franklin College ⓘ
education University of Georgia ⓘ
familyName Benning ⓘ
fullName Henry Lewis Benning ⓘ
givenName Henry ⓘ
ideology support for slavery ⓘ
memberOf Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
militaryBranch Confederate States Army ⓘ
militaryRank brigadier general ⓘ
namedAfter Henry L. Benning ⓘ
linked to: Henry Lewis Benning
namesakeOf Fort Benning ⓘ
notableFor service as a Confederate brigadier general ⓘ
service on the Georgia Supreme Court ⓘ
numberOfChildren 10 ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
partyAffiliation Southern Democrat ⓘ
politicalRole secession advocate ⓘ
positionHeld justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia ⓘ
practicedLawIn Columbus, Georgia ⓘ
regionOfActivity American South ⓘ
residence Columbus, Georgia ⓘ
servedIn American Civil War ⓘ
spouse Mary Howard ⓘ
stateOfPrimaryActivity Georgia ⓘ

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Fort Benning → namedAfter → Henry L. Benning ⓘ