Henry Lewis Benning was a Confederate general who commanded infantry in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. He was also a lawyer, legislator, and associate judge in the Georgia Supreme Court. Following the Confederacy's defeat, he returned to his native Georgia, where he resumed his legal practice.
Camp near Darbytown Road, July 26, 1862. GENERAL: On the Ist of this month you, after much exertion, put your brigade in line of battle chiefly in a wood in…
HDQRS. SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEERS, Camp near Darbytown Road, July 26, 1862. GENERAL: On June 27 the brigade was near the Garnett house, and about sunset General Toombs ordered me…
HDQRS. SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEERS, Camp near Darbytown Road, July 26, 1862. GENERAL: On June 27 the brigade was near the Garnett house, and about sunset General Toombs ordered me…
HDQRS. SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT GEORGIA VOLUNTEERS, Camp near Darbytown Road, July 26, 1862. GENERAL: On the Ist of this month you, after much exertion, put your brigade in line of battle…