William H. Benson
Name: William H. Benson
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 2nd USCT Inf.
Race: African American
Owner's Name: n/a
Place of Birth/Residence: Frederick City, Frederick County, MD
Enlistment Date: 09/09/1863
Company: F
Slave at Enlistment?: No
Rank at End of Service: Private
Notes:
Enlisted in Baltimore, MD; Died in 5/1/1864 of Yellow Fever while in U.S. Post Hospital in Key West, FL
Source(s):
Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers, National Archives, Washington, DC, as scanned on Ancestry.com, U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865 [database on-line].
