David N. Bennett

(c. 1845 - )
Home State: North Carolina
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 14th North Carolina Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He enlisted as Private at age 16 in 1861 in the Anson Guards, who were later Company C of the 14th North Carolina Infantry. He was elected Sergeant in 1862.

In the Antietam Campaign:
He was in action with his Company on the Maryland Campaign.

The remainder of the War:
He was appointed Ordnance Sergeant in 1863, but voluntarily returned to the ranks as a Private after 5 months in that post. He was wounded in the hip in action near Charleston in 1864.

After the War:
He was a farmer, merchant, and Militia Captain. He was a State legislator (1883-88), and director of the State Penitentiary system for 3 years.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Biographical information and his presence in Maryland from the Military History1.

Place of Birth: Chesterfield County, NC

Notes

1 Evans, Clement Anselm, editor, Confederate Military History, 12 Volumes, Atlanta: The Confederate Publishing Company, 1899, Vol. 4, pp. 379, 380 [AotW citation 10094]

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