George W. Bennet
Name: George W. Bennet
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 1st PA Light Arty., 43rd Regt.
Race: White
Place of Birth/Residence: Franklin County, PA
Enlistment Date: 09/07/1861
Company: Battery A
Rank at End of Service: Corporal
Notes:
Enlisted in Chambersburg, PA; Promotions: To Cpl., 12-26-1864; Absent 06-30-1862; Discharge: Harrisburg, Pa. 7/25/1865; Reenlisted as veteran volunteer, Norfolk, Va., 02-26-1864, age 21; Wounded in Action: Gaines' Mill 6/27/1862
Source(s):
Soldiers’ Records for Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on the website “Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War,” Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia (http://valley.lib.virginia.edu/dossiers).
