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Benjamin Franklin McCollum

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Benjamin Franklin McCollum Veteran

Birth
Walton County, Georgia, USA
Death
26 May 1880 (aged 36)
Hampton, Henry County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA GPS-Latitude: 33.74757, Longitude: -84.3751907
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Enlisted as a 4th Sergeant on April 18,1861,in Company F,"Cherokee Brown Riflemen,"2nd Georgia Infantry,then transferred to Company C,"Cherokee Dragoons,"Phillips Legion Cavalry.Commissioned Captain in the Blackhorse Cavalry of the Georgia Militia on September 5,1864.Was issued orders in November 1864 to raise a Cavalry Brigade.Was a Lawyer after the War.Murdered on May 26,1880.
Enlisted as a 4th Sergeant on April 18,1861,in Company F,"Cherokee Brown Riflemen,"2nd Georgia Infantry,then transferred to Company C,"Cherokee Dragoons,"Phillips Legion Cavalry.Commissioned Captain in the Blackhorse Cavalry of the Georgia Militia on September 5,1864.Was issued orders in November 1864 to raise a Cavalry Brigade.Was a Lawyer after the War.Murdered on May 26,1880.


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