George Bender
George Bender was born on June 22, 1837, in Pennsylvania to David and Mary Bender. His father was a farmer who owned $1,050 of real estate and $1,200 of personal property by 1860. He lived in North Beaver, Pennsylvania, until the 1850s, when he moved to Taylor, Pennsylvania. By the early 1860s, he was working as a boatman.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on June 8, 1861, and he mustered in as a private in Battery B of the 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery. According to his service records, he was 5 feet, 8 inches tall, with dark hair and blue eyes. The regiment took part in the Seven Days Battles, the Second Battle of Manassas, the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Battle of Chancellorsville, the Battle of Gettysburg, and the Overland Campaign.
 
According to an early biographer, he “was stricken in the field in 1862 with virulent typhoid fever.” He was also “severely wounded” at Second Manassas in August 1862. Army officials brought him to Washington, D.C., to recover, and he was reportedly “poisoned by the mistaken administration of medicine.” Two members of his battery finally intervened and helped nurse him back to health. The incident, however, left him partially deaf and “physically disabled.”
 
Army officials assigned him to the Invalid Corps, but he “refused to serve as an invalid, and marched alone across the states of Maryland and Virginia to rejoin his company.” He mustered out on June 9, 1864.
 
He returned to Taylor after leaving the army, and he married Margaret Shaffer around 1867. They had at least three children: Ida, born around 1870; William, born around 1873; and David, born around 1877. He earned a living as a laborer, and he moved to Mahoning, Pennsylvania, in the 1870s. He applied for a federal pension in September 1877 and eventually received one. He died on January 22, 1898.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(3853)Bender, George1837-06-221898-01-22
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 48

  • (10790) [writer] ~ George Bender to Elizabeth Bender, 17 June 1861
  • (10791) [writer] ~ George Bender to Dallas Bender, 30 July 1861
  • (10792) [writer] ~ George Bender to Elizabeth Bender, 6 August 1861
  • (10793) [writer] ~ George Bender to Elizabeth Bender, 16 January 1862
  • (10794) [writer] ~ George Bender to Jackson Bender, 1 February 1862
  • (10795) [writer] ~ George Bender to Dallas Bender, 6 February 1862
  • (10796) [writer] ~ George Bender to Henry Rhodes, 11 February 1862
  • (10797) [writer] ~ George Bender to David Bender, 14 February 1862
  • (10798) [writer] ~ George Bender to Jackson Bender, 16 February 1862
  • (10799) [writer] ~ George Bender to Elizabeth Bender, 23 February 1862
  • (10800) [writer] ~ George Bender to Jackson Bender, 8 April 1862
  • (10801) [associated with] ~ Ephraim K. C. Evans to Jackson Bender, 28 May 1862
  • (10802) [associated with] ~ David Bender to Unknown, 29 May 1862
  • (10803) [associated with] ~ David Bender to Unknown, 1 June 1862
  • (10804) [writer] ~ George Bender to David Bender, 15 January 1863
  • (10805) [writer] ~ George Bender to Jackson Bender, 1863
  • (10806) [writer] ~ George Bender to Aunt, 5 July 1862
  • (10807) [writer] ~ George Bender to Jackson Bender, 18 February 1863
  • (10808) [writer] ~ George Bender to Jackson Bender, 11 April 1863
  • (10809) [writer] ~ George Bender to Elizabeth Bender, 13 April 1863
  • (10810) [writer] ~ George Bender to Jackson Bender, 26 April 1863
  • (10811) [writer] ~ George Bender to Elizabeth Bender, 10 August 1863
  • (10813) [writer] ~ George Bender to Elizabeth Bender, 11 September 1863
  • (10814) [writer] ~ George Bender to Jackson Bender, 3 October 1863
  • (10815) [writer] ~ George Bender to Jackson Bender, 31 October 1863
  • (10816) [writer] ~ George Bender to Jackson Bender, 21 November 1863
  • (10817) [writer] ~ George Bender to David Bender, 23 November 1863
  • (10818) [writer] ~ George Bender to Jackson Bender, 9 December 1863
  • (10821) [writer] ~ George Bender to Elizabeth Bender, 30 December 1863
  • (10822) [writer] ~ George Bender to Elizabeth Bender, 6 January 1864
  • (10824) [writer] ~ George Bender to David Bender, 10 January 1864
  • (10825) [writer] ~ George Bender to Jackson Bender, 6 February 1864
  • (10826) [writer] ~ George Bender to Elizabeth Bender, 29 February 1864
  • (10829) [writer] ~ George Bender to Elizabeth Bender, 20 March 1864
  • (10830) [writer] ~ George Bender to Jackson Bender, 22 April 1864
  • (10831) [writer] ~ George Bender to Jackson Bender, 25 March 1864
  • (10832) [writer] ~ George Bender to David Bender, 6 June 1864
  • (10833) [writer] ~ George Bender to Jackson Bender, 12 March 1865
  • (10834) [writer] ~ George Bender to Jackson Bender, 2 April 1865
  • (10835) [writer] ~ George Bender to David Bender, 5 April 1865
  • (10836) [writer] ~ George Bender to Jackson Bender, 8 April 1865
  • (10838) [writer] ~ George Bender to Jackson Bender, 20 November 1865
  • (10840) [writer] ~ George Bender to Jackson Bender, 6 February 1866
  • (10843) [writer] ~ George Bender to David Bender, 30 January 18XX
  • (10844) [associated with] ~ Hammett & Co. to Unknown, 21 January 1865
  • (10845) [associated with] ~ Fletcher & Co. to Unknown, 23 February 1866
  • (10846) [associated with] ~ William McClelland to (?) Bender, 8 April 1862
  • (10847) [associated with] ~ Abraham Rhodes to David Bender, 18 May 1862

People - Records: 8

  • (3854) Bender, Elizabeth is the [sibling of] (3853) Bender, George
  • (3855) Bender, Dallas is the [sibling of] (3853) Bender, George
  • (3856) Bender, Jackson is the [sibling of] (3853) Bender, George
  • (3857) Rhodes, Henry is the [cousin of] (3853) Bender, George
  • (3858) Bender, David is the [parent of] (3853) Bender, George
  • (3859) Evans, Ephraim Kirby Chamberlain is the [friend of] (3853) Bender, George
  • (3861) Rhodes, Abraham is the [cousin of] (3853) Bender, George
  • (5606) McClelland, William is the [friend of] (3853) Bender, George

Places - Records: 1

  • (277) [birth, death] ~ Pennsylvania

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (526) [enlisted] [B] ~ 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012, available from Ancestry.com; New Castle (PA) News, 26 January 1898