Edwin Benedict
Edwin Benedict was born around 1834 in Connecticut to George and Harriet Benedict. His father was a carpenter who owned $2,500 of real estate by 1850. He married Cornelia Morse, and their daughter Harriet was born around 1859. He worked as a carpenter in Newtown, Connecticut, and by 1860, he owned $800 of real estate and $200 of personal property. His wife died on October 22, 1861. He then married Mary E. Ambler, and their son Alfred was born around 1864.
 
He enlisted in the Union army on September 7, 1862, and he mustered in as a corporal in Company G of the 23rd Connecticut Infantry on November 14. He mustered out on August 13, 1863. He returned to Newtown after the war and resumed his work as a carpenter. He drowned on October 15, 1869.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(3313)Benedict, Edwin18341869-10-15
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Corporal
  • Rank out: Corporal
  • Rank highest: Corporal
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 21

  • (8616) [writer] ~ Edwin Benedict to Katherine J. Ambler, 26 January 1863
  • (8617) [writer] ~ Edwin Benedict to Mary E. Ambler, 19 May 1863
  • (8618) [recipient] ~ Mary E. Ambler to Edwin Benedict, 10 June 1863
  • (8619) [writer] ~ Edwin Benedict to Mary E. Ambler, 18 June 1863
  • (8620) [writer] ~ Edwin Benedict to Mary E. Ambler and Harriet C. Benedict, 1863
  • (8621) [writer] ~ Edwin Benedict to Mary E. Ambler, 3 July 1863
  • (8622) [associated with] ~ Edwin Benedict Manuscript Fragment, undated
  • (8624) [recipient] ~ Emily Benedict and George P. Benedict to Edwin Benedict, 12 July 1863
  • (8625) [writer] ~ Edwin Benedict to Family, 24 July 1863
  • (8626) [writer] ~ Edwin Benedict to Mary E. Ambler, 5 August 1863
  • (8627) [writer] ~ Edwin Benedict to Mary E. Ambler, 11 April 1863
  • (8628) [associated with] ~ John L. Stilson to Cousin, 7 December 1863
  • (8629) [writer] ~ Edwin Benedict to Family, 29 April 1863
  • (8630) [associated with] ~ John L. Stilson to Cousin, 19 February 1864
  • (8632) [writer] ~ Edwin Benedict to Mary E. Ambler, 17 April 1863
  • (8633) [writer] ~ Edwin Benedict to Mary E. Ambler, 18 April 1863
  • (8634) [writer] ~ Edwin Benedict to Mary E. Ambler, 27 April 1863
  • (8635) [writer] ~ Edwin Benedict to Mary E. Ambler, 29 April 1863
  • (8636) [writer] ~ Edwin Benedict to Mary E. Ambler, 6 May 1863
  • (8637) [writer] ~ Edwin Benedict to Mary E. Ambler, 9 May 1863
  • (8638) [writer] ~ Edwin Benedict to Elizabeth Norton, 18 May 1863

People - Records: 9

  • (3314) Ambler, Katherine J. is the [sibling-in-law of] (3313) Benedict, Edwin
  • (3315) Ambler, Mary Esther is the [wife of] (3313) Benedict, Edwin
  • (3316) Benedict, Harriet C. is the [child of] (3313) Benedict, Edwin
  • (3317) Norton, Elizabeth is the [friend of] (3313) Benedict, Edwin
  • (3319) Benedict, Emily is the [sibling of] (3313) Benedict, Edwin
  • (3320) Benedict, George P. is the [sibling-in-law of] (3313) Benedict, Edwin
  • (3321) Benedict, Delia H. is the [sibling of] (3313) Benedict, Edwin
  • (3322) Benedict, George M. is the [parent of] (3313) Benedict, Edwin
  • (3323) Benedict, Harriet is the [parent of] (3313) Benedict, Edwin

Places - Records: 2

  • (294) [birth] ~ Connecticut
  • (2353) [death] ~ Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (931) [enlisted] [G] ~ 23rd Connecticut Infantry
SOURCES

1850, 1860, and 1870 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; 1870 Mortality Schedule, available from Ancestry.com; Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com