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Name: Benson, Oscar [Monroe]
Rank: Pvt
Unit: 16th GA Infantry, Company H
Born: 3 Oct 1838
Died: 2261
Militia age (if given): 

1860 Census:
Militia District/Post Office: 550 Cains
Age: 21
Father: Willis
Mother: Mahulda
Wife: 
[information in brackets is presumed based on other sources because the individual hasn't been located in the 1860 census]

Family Information: (not from census)
Father: Willis
Mother: Mahulda Kile
Wife: Mary Catherine Harris
Buried: 

Roster Information:
Benson, Oscar- private August 11,1861. Transferred to Co. E, 3d Battn. Ga. Sharpshooters and appointed 3d Sergeant June 8, 1863. Wounded in 1863. Appointed 2d Sergeant August 1863. Captured at Deep Bottom, Va. August 16,1864. Paroled at Elmira, N. Y. March 14, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va. for exchange, March 21,1865.