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Col Benjamin M. Anderson

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Col Benjamin M. Anderson

Birth
Kentucky, USA
Death
21 Feb 1865 (aged 28–29)
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
Plot
Section M Plot 228 Grave #9
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Served as captain in William Walker's Filibuster Army and was wounded in Nicaragua.

Civil War Career:
1861: Major in 1st Kentucky Infantry Regiment
1861: Major in 3rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment
1861–1862: Lt. Colonel of 3rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment
Recruiter and Colonel in Kentucky behind union lines

1863: Nominated for Confederate States Senate
1864: Nomination as Confederate Senator was rejected
1864: Took an oath of loyalty to the Union in Louisville, Kentucky

United States Clerk for Pork Packing firm in Louisville, Kentucky

After the war, he was involved in the planning phase of the Northwest Conspiracy In 1864. He was arrested and maintained that he was innocent. He died in prison in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Served as captain in William Walker's Filibuster Army and was wounded in Nicaragua.

Civil War Career:
1861: Major in 1st Kentucky Infantry Regiment
1861: Major in 3rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment
1861–1862: Lt. Colonel of 3rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment
Recruiter and Colonel in Kentucky behind union lines

1863: Nominated for Confederate States Senate
1864: Nomination as Confederate Senator was rejected
1864: Took an oath of loyalty to the Union in Louisville, Kentucky

United States Clerk for Pork Packing firm in Louisville, Kentucky

After the war, he was involved in the planning phase of the Northwest Conspiracy In 1864. He was arrested and maintained that he was innocent. He died in prison in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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C.S.A. Died in his 29th year

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