Benjamin Lane Posey
Birth: 21 Nov 1827
Death: 2 May 1888
(Aged 60 years, 5 months, 11 days.)
Burial: Cedar Rest Cemetery
Bay Saint Louis, Hancock County, Mississippi, USA
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Served in Company K, 38th Inf., Alabama as Capt
Residence was not listed; Enlisted on 6/11/1861 at Lynchburg, VA as a Private. On 6/11/1861 he mustered into "D" Co. VA 24th Infantry He was discharged on 11/8/1862 Sources used: - The Virginia Regimental Histories Series Residence was not listed; Enlisted on 5/1/1862 as a Captain. On 5/1/1862 he was commissioned into "K" Co. AL 38th Infantry (date and method of discharge not given) (Estimated date of enlistment) Sources used: - Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
Residence was not listed; Enlisted on 6/11/1861 at Lynchburg, VA as a Private. On 6/11/1861 he mustered into "D" Co. VA 24th Infantry He was discharged on 11/8/1862 Sources used: - The Virginia Regimental Histories Series Residence was not listed; Enlisted on 5/1/1862 as a Captain. On 5/1/1862 he was commissioned into "K" Co. AL 38th Infantry (date and method of discharge not given) (Estimated date of enlistment) Sources used: - Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
Unit Details:
38th Infantry Regiment was organized at Mobile, Alabama, in May, 1862, and remained there until February, 1863. Men of this command were raised in the counties of Clarke, Washington, Conecuh, Mobile, Wilcox, and Fayette. It was assigned to Clayton's, then Holtzclaw's Brigade, and took an active part in the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Chickamauga to Nashville. Transferred to the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana, it suffered many hardships defending Spanish Fort. The regiment lost thirty-seven percent of the 490 engaged at Chickamauga, reported 214 casualties at Chattanooga, and totalled 272 men and 71 arms in December, 1863. During the Atlanta Campaign, May 7-27, it lost 12 killed, 88 wounded, and 24 missing, had 236 fit for duty in November, 1864, and surrendered about 80 on May 4, 1865. The field officers were Colonels Charles T. Ketchum and A.R. Lankford, Lieutenant Colonel W.J. Hearin, and Major Origen S. Jewett.- This family tree contains 1 known Confederate soldier.
- Benjamin Lane Posey