Bennett, Bill

Item

Title
Bennett, Bill
Alias
Bennett, William
Gender
Male
Biography
In “The Civil War in Boone County, Kentucky” publication the author, Jack Rouse, writes that William Bennet’s enlistment remarks show he was “Absent without leave since Oct. 17, 1862.” Rouse also discovered a Loder Diary entry, date Oct. 31, 1862, stating “Bill Bennett and his brother-in-law ------- and Graves got off the mail boat this morning at Petersburg – they were taken prisoners near Cumberland Gap, Ky., and paroled.” Another Loder Diary entry from June 10, 1865: “Bill Bennett got married in Cincinnati and brought his wife down on the boat today.”
Bennett served in Smith’s Co. B, Kentucky Cavalry, taken prisoner at Cross Road, KY, released upon taking oath Co. G, 5th Kentucky Cavalry.
Member
Bennett family
Birth date
circa 1829
Life event(s)
Marriage: 10 Jun 1865; Cincinnati (Ohio)
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Occupation(s)
Farm hand
Employed by
McQunithy, Stephen L.
Military service
Smith’s Co. B, Kentucky Cavalry
5th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry
Place of enlistment
2 Sep 1862
Service began
Lexington (Ky.)
Service ended
17 Oct 1862 (AWOL)