A Memorial of Brevet Brigadier General Lewis Benedict Colonel of 162d Regiment
A Memorial of Brevet Brigadier General Lewis Benedict Colonel of 162d Regiment
Henry Marvin Benedict
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Head-quarters Twenty-fifth Regiment N. Y. S. N. G. Albany, April 30, 1864. } General Orders, No. 5. The Colonel commanding is pained to announce to his command the death of another gallant officer, Col. Lewis Benedict, of the 162d New York Volunteers, who fell at the post of duty as Acting Brigadier General in the late disastrous battle on the Red River. Col, Benedict, formerh' a Captain in our Regiment, like our former Colonels, Frisby and Bryan, and scores of 108 other bravo officers, formerl...v iiioinbors of the Twenty-fifth Regiment, has given liis life to his country and we are now called upon to pay to his remains the last tribute of respect due to a fellow-soldier. He was able, generous and l)rave as the bravest. In honor of Ids memory, the Regiment is hereby ordered to assemble at the Armory, on ^Monday, ^lay 2d, 1864, at 1 o'clock, fully armed and equipped, to attend his Funeral and escort his remains to their last resting place. The Colonel most earnestly enjoins upon the Command- ants of Companies to use every eifort to appear with full ranks.
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