Bennett, Bill
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Title
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Bennett, Bill
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Alias
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Bennett, William
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Gender
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Male
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Biography
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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.”
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Bennett served in Smith’s Co. B, Kentucky Cavalry, taken prisoner at Cross Road, KY, released upon taking oath Co. G, 5th Kentucky Cavalry.
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Member
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Bennett family
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Birth date
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circa 1829
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Occupation(s)
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Farm hand
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Employed by
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McQunithy, Stephen L.
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Place of enlistment
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2 Sep 1862
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Service ended
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17 Oct 1862 (AWOL)