Capt.,Co.E,53rd Va.Inf.Regt.;Col.,Va.Reserves-CSA
From The Library of Virginia:
Farinholt, Benjamin Lyons. Letters, 25 June 1864.
Accession 34830. 4 leaves and 4 photographs.
Photocopies and photographs.
Letters, 1864, of Benjamin Lyons Farinholt (1838-1919) containing a letter, 25 June 1864, to General Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) informing him of a Confederate victory by troops under his command at the Battle of Staunton River Bridge fought 25 June 1864, and a reply, 16 July 1864, from Lee in which he congratulates Farinholt on his victory.
Also included is a photograph of Farinholt and typescripts of the letters.
Transcription of a diary, May-September 1862, and manuscript fragment, 1897, of Benjamin Lyons Farinholt (1838-1919), Lieutenant in the Army of Northern Virginia, recalling his service during the Peninsula campaign, 2nd Bull Run campaign, the Maryland campaign, and the battle of Gettysburg.
Also details garrison duty in Isle of Wight County and Suffolk, Virginia.
Convalescence in Staunton, Virginia, and imprisonment and escape from Johnson's Island, Ohio.
Transcribed by Selden Richardson.
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As per his obit in the Northern Neck News, He was born in Yorktown VA on May 26, 1839 and on Oct. 24, 1860 he married Miss Lelia M. Farinholt (his cousin)
He was survived by five daughters, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren., two sisters, Mrs. Clara Lumpkin of Ocean View and Mrs. J. R. F. Vaughan of King and Queen. and one brother, Wyatt Farinholt, also of King and Queen. HE was buried at the old family burying ground where his father and mother and his wife's father and mother were buried years ago.
(per [email protected])
It has been suggested that when his wife, Lelia, died in 1927, Col. Farinholt's body was moved to a family plot at Sunny Slope cemetery in West Point. His original grave site near Holly Fork in New Kent where other family members are still buried has been almost erased due to plowing the fields that surround the site.
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Obituary from The Confederate Veteran, Vol. XXVIII – February, 1920 – No. 2, Page 68
On the morning of December 24, 1919, Col. B. L. Farinholt died at his home, in West Point, VA., after a short illness.
Colonel Farinholt was born near Yorktown, VA., May 26, 1839, and at the age of twenty-one married Miss Lelia M. Farinholt, a cousin. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate army and served four years with Pickett's men in Armstead's Brigade, taking part in the battles of Seven Pines, Suffolk, Seven Days' Battles around Richmond, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, and Gettysburg. During this time he received several promotions, finally being made colonel of his regiment at Staunton River Bridge Battle. On receiving his report of the engagement at this place General Lee wrote to him on July 16, 1864, thanking him for the skill and conduct with which he had executed the charge committed to him and saying: "Please express my thanks to the men and officers for the gallantry and determination with which they repelled every assault of the enemy."
Wounded in the battle of Gettysburg, Colonel Farinholt was sent as a prisoner to Johnson's Island, Lake Erie, from which place he escaped after nine months of hard life and rejoined his command in Virginia. He also had a taste of prison life at Forts McHenry and Delaware.
He was a member of the Lawson-Ball Camp of Confederate Veterans, at West Point.
After the war he was actively engaged in mercantile business in Tidewater, VA. In 1884 he moved his family to Baltimore, where he lived for a number of years, though still conducting his business in Virginia. He finally moved back to Virginia and made his home in West Point. Having given up his business, he spent much time in reading and writing and was actively interested in all the affairs of his country, and especially of Virginia. He and his wife celebrated the fifty-ninth anniversary of their marriage on October 24, 1919.
Colonel Farinholt is survived by his wife, five daughters, and seven grandchildren.
He was laid to rest in the old family burying ground in New Kent County with the loved ones who had passed on before.
From The Library of Virginia:
Farinholt, Benjamin Lyons. Letters, 25 June 1864.
Accession 34830. 4 leaves and 4 photographs.
Photocopies and photographs.
Letters, 1864, of Benjamin Lyons Farinholt (1838-1919) containing a letter, 25 June 1864, to General Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) informing him of a Confederate victory by troops under his command at the Battle of Staunton River Bridge fought 25 June 1864, and a reply, 16 July 1864, from Lee in which he congratulates Farinholt on his victory.
Also included is a photograph of Farinholt and typescripts of the letters.
Transcription of a diary, May-September 1862, and manuscript fragment, 1897, of Benjamin Lyons Farinholt (1838-1919), Lieutenant in the Army of Northern Virginia, recalling his service during the Peninsula campaign, 2nd Bull Run campaign, the Maryland campaign, and the battle of Gettysburg.
Also details garrison duty in Isle of Wight County and Suffolk, Virginia.
Convalescence in Staunton, Virginia, and imprisonment and escape from Johnson's Island, Ohio.
Transcribed by Selden Richardson.
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As per his obit in the Northern Neck News, He was born in Yorktown VA on May 26, 1839 and on Oct. 24, 1860 he married Miss Lelia M. Farinholt (his cousin)
He was survived by five daughters, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren., two sisters, Mrs. Clara Lumpkin of Ocean View and Mrs. J. R. F. Vaughan of King and Queen. and one brother, Wyatt Farinholt, also of King and Queen. HE was buried at the old family burying ground where his father and mother and his wife's father and mother were buried years ago.
(per [email protected])
It has been suggested that when his wife, Lelia, died in 1927, Col. Farinholt's body was moved to a family plot at Sunny Slope cemetery in West Point. His original grave site near Holly Fork in New Kent where other family members are still buried has been almost erased due to plowing the fields that surround the site.
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Obituary from The Confederate Veteran, Vol. XXVIII – February, 1920 – No. 2, Page 68
On the morning of December 24, 1919, Col. B. L. Farinholt died at his home, in West Point, VA., after a short illness.
Colonel Farinholt was born near Yorktown, VA., May 26, 1839, and at the age of twenty-one married Miss Lelia M. Farinholt, a cousin. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate army and served four years with Pickett's men in Armstead's Brigade, taking part in the battles of Seven Pines, Suffolk, Seven Days' Battles around Richmond, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, and Gettysburg. During this time he received several promotions, finally being made colonel of his regiment at Staunton River Bridge Battle. On receiving his report of the engagement at this place General Lee wrote to him on July 16, 1864, thanking him for the skill and conduct with which he had executed the charge committed to him and saying: "Please express my thanks to the men and officers for the gallantry and determination with which they repelled every assault of the enemy."
Wounded in the battle of Gettysburg, Colonel Farinholt was sent as a prisoner to Johnson's Island, Lake Erie, from which place he escaped after nine months of hard life and rejoined his command in Virginia. He also had a taste of prison life at Forts McHenry and Delaware.
He was a member of the Lawson-Ball Camp of Confederate Veterans, at West Point.
After the war he was actively engaged in mercantile business in Tidewater, VA. In 1884 he moved his family to Baltimore, where he lived for a number of years, though still conducting his business in Virginia. He finally moved back to Virginia and made his home in West Point. Having given up his business, he spent much time in reading and writing and was actively interested in all the affairs of his country, and especially of Virginia. He and his wife celebrated the fifty-ninth anniversary of their marriage on October 24, 1919.
Colonel Farinholt is survived by his wife, five daughters, and seven grandchildren.
He was laid to rest in the old family burying ground in New Kent County with the loved ones who had passed on before.
Capt.,Co.E,53rd Va.Inf.Regt.;Col.,Va.Reserves-CSA
From The Library of Virginia:
Farinholt, Benjamin Lyons. Letters, 25 June 1864.
Accession 34830. 4 leaves and 4 photographs.
Photocopies and photographs.
Letters, 1864, of Benjamin Lyons Farinholt (1838-1919) containing a letter, 25 June 1864, to General Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) informing him of a Confederate victory by troops under his command at the Battle of Staunton River Bridge fought 25 June 1864, and a reply, 16 July 1864, from Lee in which he congratulates Farinholt on his victory.
Also included is a photograph of Farinholt and typescripts of the letters.
Transcription of a diary, May-September 1862, and manuscript fragment, 1897, of Benjamin Lyons Farinholt (1838-1919), Lieutenant in the Army of Northern Virginia, recalling his service during the Peninsula campaign, 2nd Bull Run campaign, the Maryland campaign, and the battle of Gettysburg.
Also details garrison duty in Isle of Wight County and Suffolk, Virginia.
Convalescence in Staunton, Virginia, and imprisonment and escape from Johnson's Island, Ohio.
Transcribed by Selden Richardson.
------------------------------------------
As per his obit in the Northern Neck News, He was born in Yorktown VA on May 26, 1839 and on Oct. 24, 1860 he married Miss Lelia M. Farinholt (his cousin)
He was survived by five daughters, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren., two sisters, Mrs. Clara Lumpkin of Ocean View and Mrs. J. R. F. Vaughan of King and Queen. and one brother, Wyatt Farinholt, also of King and Queen. HE was buried at the old family burying ground where his father and mother and his wife's father and mother were buried years ago.
(per [email protected])
It has been suggested that when his wife, Lelia, died in 1927, Col. Farinholt's body was moved to a family plot at Sunny Slope cemetery in West Point. His original grave site near Holly Fork in New Kent where other family members are still buried has been almost erased due to plowing the fields that surround the site.
....................
Obituary from The Confederate Veteran, Vol. XXVIII – February, 1920 – No. 2, Page 68
On the morning of December 24, 1919, Col. B. L. Farinholt died at his home, in West Point, VA., after a short illness.
Colonel Farinholt was born near Yorktown, VA., May 26, 1839, and at the age of twenty-one married Miss Lelia M. Farinholt, a cousin. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate army and served four years with Pickett's men in Armstead's Brigade, taking part in the battles of Seven Pines, Suffolk, Seven Days' Battles around Richmond, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, and Gettysburg. During this time he received several promotions, finally being made colonel of his regiment at Staunton River Bridge Battle. On receiving his report of the engagement at this place General Lee wrote to him on July 16, 1864, thanking him for the skill and conduct with which he had executed the charge committed to him and saying: "Please express my thanks to the men and officers for the gallantry and determination with which they repelled every assault of the enemy."
Wounded in the battle of Gettysburg, Colonel Farinholt was sent as a prisoner to Johnson's Island, Lake Erie, from which place he escaped after nine months of hard life and rejoined his command in Virginia. He also had a taste of prison life at Forts McHenry and Delaware.
He was a member of the Lawson-Ball Camp of Confederate Veterans, at West Point.
After the war he was actively engaged in mercantile business in Tidewater, VA. In 1884 he moved his family to Baltimore, where he lived for a number of years, though still conducting his business in Virginia. He finally moved back to Virginia and made his home in West Point. Having given up his business, he spent much time in reading and writing and was actively interested in all the affairs of his country, and especially of Virginia. He and his wife celebrated the fifty-ninth anniversary of their marriage on October 24, 1919.
Colonel Farinholt is survived by his wife, five daughters, and seven grandchildren.
He was laid to rest in the old family burying ground in New Kent County with the loved ones who had passed on before.
From The Library of Virginia:
Farinholt, Benjamin Lyons. Letters, 25 June 1864.
Accession 34830. 4 leaves and 4 photographs.
Photocopies and photographs.
Letters, 1864, of Benjamin Lyons Farinholt (1838-1919) containing a letter, 25 June 1864, to General Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) informing him of a Confederate victory by troops under his command at the Battle of Staunton River Bridge fought 25 June 1864, and a reply, 16 July 1864, from Lee in which he congratulates Farinholt on his victory.
Also included is a photograph of Farinholt and typescripts of the letters.
Transcription of a diary, May-September 1862, and manuscript fragment, 1897, of Benjamin Lyons Farinholt (1838-1919), Lieutenant in the Army of Northern Virginia, recalling his service during the Peninsula campaign, 2nd Bull Run campaign, the Maryland campaign, and the battle of Gettysburg.
Also details garrison duty in Isle of Wight County and Suffolk, Virginia.
Convalescence in Staunton, Virginia, and imprisonment and escape from Johnson's Island, Ohio.
Transcribed by Selden Richardson.
------------------------------------------
As per his obit in the Northern Neck News, He was born in Yorktown VA on May 26, 1839 and on Oct. 24, 1860 he married Miss Lelia M. Farinholt (his cousin)
He was survived by five daughters, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren., two sisters, Mrs. Clara Lumpkin of Ocean View and Mrs. J. R. F. Vaughan of King and Queen. and one brother, Wyatt Farinholt, also of King and Queen. HE was buried at the old family burying ground where his father and mother and his wife's father and mother were buried years ago.
(per [email protected])
It has been suggested that when his wife, Lelia, died in 1927, Col. Farinholt's body was moved to a family plot at Sunny Slope cemetery in West Point. His original grave site near Holly Fork in New Kent where other family members are still buried has been almost erased due to plowing the fields that surround the site.
....................
Obituary from The Confederate Veteran, Vol. XXVIII – February, 1920 – No. 2, Page 68
On the morning of December 24, 1919, Col. B. L. Farinholt died at his home, in West Point, VA., after a short illness.
Colonel Farinholt was born near Yorktown, VA., May 26, 1839, and at the age of twenty-one married Miss Lelia M. Farinholt, a cousin. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate army and served four years with Pickett's men in Armstead's Brigade, taking part in the battles of Seven Pines, Suffolk, Seven Days' Battles around Richmond, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, and Gettysburg. During this time he received several promotions, finally being made colonel of his regiment at Staunton River Bridge Battle. On receiving his report of the engagement at this place General Lee wrote to him on July 16, 1864, thanking him for the skill and conduct with which he had executed the charge committed to him and saying: "Please express my thanks to the men and officers for the gallantry and determination with which they repelled every assault of the enemy."
Wounded in the battle of Gettysburg, Colonel Farinholt was sent as a prisoner to Johnson's Island, Lake Erie, from which place he escaped after nine months of hard life and rejoined his command in Virginia. He also had a taste of prison life at Forts McHenry and Delaware.
He was a member of the Lawson-Ball Camp of Confederate Veterans, at West Point.
After the war he was actively engaged in mercantile business in Tidewater, VA. In 1884 he moved his family to Baltimore, where he lived for a number of years, though still conducting his business in Virginia. He finally moved back to Virginia and made his home in West Point. Having given up his business, he spent much time in reading and writing and was actively interested in all the affairs of his country, and especially of Virginia. He and his wife celebrated the fifty-ninth anniversary of their marriage on October 24, 1919.
Colonel Farinholt is survived by his wife, five daughters, and seven grandchildren.
He was laid to rest in the old family burying ground in New Kent County with the loved ones who had passed on before.
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