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Henry Lewis Benning (April 2, 1814 – July 10, 1875) was a Confederate general officer during the American Civil War. He also was a lawyer, legislator, and judge on the Georgia Supreme Court. Following the Confederacy's defeat at the end of the war, he returned to his native Georgia, where he lived out the rest of his life.
15 de jul. de 2011 · Henry L. Benning was a jurist who became associate justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia in the 1850s. He then became a vocal advocate for secession and earned the rank of brigadier general during the Civil War (1861-65).
9 de jun. de 2020 · He passed the bar in 1835 and served as solicitor-general of Columbus from 1837 to 1839. Benning had bigger plans, though, and ran for a seat in the state General Assembly. He was...
In celebration of Fort Benning’s centennial, it is perhaps instructive to re-examine the Civil War exploits of its namesake, General Henry L. Benning. Unlike some of his fire-eating colleagues...
Henry L. Benning was an influential advocate for secession and helped to draft Georgia's Ordinance of Secession.
Learn about Henry Benning, a Georgia disunionist and Confederate general, who was born on April 2, 1814. Find out how he defended slavery, drafted the Ordinance of Secession, and fought in every major battle of the Civil War.
Henry Benning was a prominent secessionist politician from Georgia who also served long and well in the Confederate army.
