On January 4, 1855, he married Millie Elizabeth Hood, daughter of Josa Hood and Harriet S. Robertson.
When the Civil War began, Benjamin enlisted in the 13th Alabama in June of 1861 in Montgomerty, Alabama with his two brothers Samuel Monroe and Little Jesse Burdette.
During the war he was active during the Siege of Yorktown, Cold Harbor,and Seven Pines and Fredericksburg.
During the battle of Antietam he saw action with the 13th along the Bloody Lane and in Miller's Cornfield. At Chancerlosville, he saw action at Hazel's Grove. At Gettsyburg, his unit was part of the opening day's engagement on 1 July 1863 in McPherson's Wood. It was about mid day, he was captured along with several cousins and a brother-in-law in the same woods.
Following his capture he was marched to nearby Winchester, and boarded a train to the dreaded Union Federal prison Ft. Delaware, where he remained until the end of the war.
In July, three months after the close of the war, he was released and began his way back to Alabama by walking, wagon rides and hitching rides on trains.
Within a few months, he packed his family and moved to Texas, where they lived in Smith, Robertson, Leon and Comanche County's. In 1881, Benjamin and his family moved to Meridian in Bosque County and remained there until his death September 14, 1921. He and his wife Millie had 12 children.
Listed as a son below as G.I. Burdette, his corrected name is George Isaac.
On January 4, 1855, he married Millie Elizabeth Hood, daughter of Josa Hood and Harriet S. Robertson.
When the Civil War began, Benjamin enlisted in the 13th Alabama in June of 1861 in Montgomerty, Alabama with his two brothers Samuel Monroe and Little Jesse Burdette.
During the war he was active during the Siege of Yorktown, Cold Harbor,and Seven Pines and Fredericksburg.
During the battle of Antietam he saw action with the 13th along the Bloody Lane and in Miller's Cornfield. At Chancerlosville, he saw action at Hazel's Grove. At Gettsyburg, his unit was part of the opening day's engagement on 1 July 1863 in McPherson's Wood. It was about mid day, he was captured along with several cousins and a brother-in-law in the same woods.
Following his capture he was marched to nearby Winchester, and boarded a train to the dreaded Union Federal prison Ft. Delaware, where he remained until the end of the war.
In July, three months after the close of the war, he was released and began his way back to Alabama by walking, wagon rides and hitching rides on trains.
Within a few months, he packed his family and moved to Texas, where they lived in Smith, Robertson, Leon and Comanche County's. In 1881, Benjamin and his family moved to Meridian in Bosque County and remained there until his death September 14, 1921. He and his wife Millie had 12 children.
Listed as a son below as G.I. Burdette, his corrected name is George Isaac.
Family Members
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Martina A. "Mattie" Burdette Syfrett
1856–1921
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William Wesley Burdette
1858–1937
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Emma Frances Burdette Bailey
1859–1946
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Benjamin A. Burdette
1861–1862
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James Gora Burdette
1866 – unknown
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Susan Elizabeth "Bettie" Burdette Jordan
1868–1959
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Salina Isabel "Lina" Burdette Gandy
1871–1954
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John Monroe Burdette
1873 – unknown
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Lurana Arcana Burdette
1875–1887
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Albert Alonzo Burdett
1877–1960
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Ella Mae Burdette Hennington
1880–1957
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George Isaac Burdette Sr
1882–1947
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