Sergeant Thomas Benton White;
Company H, 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
Thomas Benton White
Residence was not listed; 19 years old.
Enlisted on 11/2/1861 as a Corporal.
On 11/27/1861 he mustered into "H" Co. OH 42nd Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 12/2/1864 at Columbus, OH
He was listed as: Wounded Chickasaw Springs, MS (date not stated)
Promotions: Sergt 9/1/1862
Sergeant Thomas Benton White was born in 1843, Kalida, Puntnam County, Ohio. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph White. Thomas Benton White enlisted with members of the junior and senior class of his high school, with the Company Commander being the former high school principal, in November 1861, for service as Company H, 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, following a speech by the 42nd OVI Commander, Colonel James A. Garfield, who later became President of the United States. Thomas Benton White served with Company H, 4nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in campaigns in Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Mississippi, and was severely wounded in the December, 1863, battle of Chickasaw Bayou. Thomas Benton White was hospitalized at the Union Army Hospital in Mound City, Illinois. Placed on leave when semi-recovered, White was subsequently transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps and assigned to Washington, D.C. He was then assigned as a guard at the Prisoner of War Camp at Point Lookout, Maryland. Following experiation of his term of service in late 1864, Thomas Benton White went to Colorado where he worked on several newspapers. In the late 1860's, Thomas Benton White came to Warsaw, Missouri, where he founded The Benton County Enterprise, which his descendants, the White & Miles Family, still own and operate in addition to The Clinton Daily Democrat, The Clinton Eye and The KAYO in neighboring Clinton, Henry County, Missouri. A remarkable diary by Thomas Benton White written day-to-day, "Down Two Rivers", during the Civil War was published by The Kentucky Historical Society in the late 1950"s. Thomas Benton White's Civil War Diary is also available through records maintained by the Adjutant General, Ohio National Guard. Thomas Benton White published The Benton County Enterprise, Warsaw, Missouri, until the early 1920's. He and his wife then moved to Denver, Colorado, where Thomas Benton White died in late 1920's and his buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Denver, Colorado.
Sources; Dan Miles
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocivwar/countyB.html
http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?U&320525
Company H, 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
Thomas Benton White
Residence was not listed; 19 years old.
Enlisted on 11/2/1861 as a Corporal.
On 11/27/1861 he mustered into "H" Co. OH 42nd Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 12/2/1864 at Columbus, OH
He was listed as: Wounded Chickasaw Springs, MS (date not stated)
Promotions: Sergt 9/1/1862
Sergeant Thomas Benton White was born in 1843, Kalida, Puntnam County, Ohio. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph White. Thomas Benton White enlisted with members of the junior and senior class of his high school, with the Company Commander being the former high school principal, in November 1861, for service as Company H, 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, following a speech by the 42nd OVI Commander, Colonel James A. Garfield, who later became President of the United States. Thomas Benton White served with Company H, 4nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in campaigns in Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Mississippi, and was severely wounded in the December, 1863, battle of Chickasaw Bayou. Thomas Benton White was hospitalized at the Union Army Hospital in Mound City, Illinois. Placed on leave when semi-recovered, White was subsequently transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps and assigned to Washington, D.C. He was then assigned as a guard at the Prisoner of War Camp at Point Lookout, Maryland. Following experiation of his term of service in late 1864, Thomas Benton White went to Colorado where he worked on several newspapers. In the late 1860's, Thomas Benton White came to Warsaw, Missouri, where he founded The Benton County Enterprise, which his descendants, the White & Miles Family, still own and operate in addition to The Clinton Daily Democrat, The Clinton Eye and The KAYO in neighboring Clinton, Henry County, Missouri. A remarkable diary by Thomas Benton White written day-to-day, "Down Two Rivers", during the Civil War was published by The Kentucky Historical Society in the late 1950"s. Thomas Benton White's Civil War Diary is also available through records maintained by the Adjutant General, Ohio National Guard. Thomas Benton White published The Benton County Enterprise, Warsaw, Missouri, until the early 1920's. He and his wife then moved to Denver, Colorado, where Thomas Benton White died in late 1920's and his buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Denver, Colorado.
Sources; Dan Miles
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocivwar/countyB.html
http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?U&320525
Sergeant Thomas Benton White;
Company H, 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
Thomas Benton White
Residence was not listed; 19 years old.
Enlisted on 11/2/1861 as a Corporal.
On 11/27/1861 he mustered into "H" Co. OH 42nd Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 12/2/1864 at Columbus, OH
He was listed as: Wounded Chickasaw Springs, MS (date not stated)
Promotions: Sergt 9/1/1862
Sergeant Thomas Benton White was born in 1843, Kalida, Puntnam County, Ohio. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph White. Thomas Benton White enlisted with members of the junior and senior class of his high school, with the Company Commander being the former high school principal, in November 1861, for service as Company H, 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, following a speech by the 42nd OVI Commander, Colonel James A. Garfield, who later became President of the United States. Thomas Benton White served with Company H, 4nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in campaigns in Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Mississippi, and was severely wounded in the December, 1863, battle of Chickasaw Bayou. Thomas Benton White was hospitalized at the Union Army Hospital in Mound City, Illinois. Placed on leave when semi-recovered, White was subsequently transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps and assigned to Washington, D.C. He was then assigned as a guard at the Prisoner of War Camp at Point Lookout, Maryland. Following experiation of his term of service in late 1864, Thomas Benton White went to Colorado where he worked on several newspapers. In the late 1860's, Thomas Benton White came to Warsaw, Missouri, where he founded The Benton County Enterprise, which his descendants, the White & Miles Family, still own and operate in addition to The Clinton Daily Democrat, The Clinton Eye and The KAYO in neighboring Clinton, Henry County, Missouri. A remarkable diary by Thomas Benton White written day-to-day, "Down Two Rivers", during the Civil War was published by The Kentucky Historical Society in the late 1950"s. Thomas Benton White's Civil War Diary is also available through records maintained by the Adjutant General, Ohio National Guard. Thomas Benton White published The Benton County Enterprise, Warsaw, Missouri, until the early 1920's. He and his wife then moved to Denver, Colorado, where Thomas Benton White died in late 1920's and his buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Denver, Colorado.
Sources; Dan Miles
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocivwar/countyB.html
http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?U&320525
Company H, 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
Thomas Benton White
Residence was not listed; 19 years old.
Enlisted on 11/2/1861 as a Corporal.
On 11/27/1861 he mustered into "H" Co. OH 42nd Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 12/2/1864 at Columbus, OH
He was listed as: Wounded Chickasaw Springs, MS (date not stated)
Promotions: Sergt 9/1/1862
Sergeant Thomas Benton White was born in 1843, Kalida, Puntnam County, Ohio. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph White. Thomas Benton White enlisted with members of the junior and senior class of his high school, with the Company Commander being the former high school principal, in November 1861, for service as Company H, 42nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, following a speech by the 42nd OVI Commander, Colonel James A. Garfield, who later became President of the United States. Thomas Benton White served with Company H, 4nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in campaigns in Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Mississippi, and was severely wounded in the December, 1863, battle of Chickasaw Bayou. Thomas Benton White was hospitalized at the Union Army Hospital in Mound City, Illinois. Placed on leave when semi-recovered, White was subsequently transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps and assigned to Washington, D.C. He was then assigned as a guard at the Prisoner of War Camp at Point Lookout, Maryland. Following experiation of his term of service in late 1864, Thomas Benton White went to Colorado where he worked on several newspapers. In the late 1860's, Thomas Benton White came to Warsaw, Missouri, where he founded The Benton County Enterprise, which his descendants, the White & Miles Family, still own and operate in addition to The Clinton Daily Democrat, The Clinton Eye and The KAYO in neighboring Clinton, Henry County, Missouri. A remarkable diary by Thomas Benton White written day-to-day, "Down Two Rivers", during the Civil War was published by The Kentucky Historical Society in the late 1950"s. Thomas Benton White's Civil War Diary is also available through records maintained by the Adjutant General, Ohio National Guard. Thomas Benton White published The Benton County Enterprise, Warsaw, Missouri, until the early 1920's. He and his wife then moved to Denver, Colorado, where Thomas Benton White died in late 1920's and his buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Denver, Colorado.
Sources; Dan Miles
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocivwar/countyB.html
http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?U&320525
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