Benjamin Franklin Dexter (abt. 1843 - 1887)

Born about 1843 in United States [uncertain]

Died 29 Apr 1887 at about age 44 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

2nd Lieut. Benjamin Dexter served in the United States Civil War.
Side: USA

Occupations

• 1863: Printer

Residences

• 1863: Cambridge, Massachusetts (military re-enlistment)

Military Service

During the Civil War, he served as a white commissioned officer - Second Lieutenant - in the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Union Army, the second regiment in the United States made up entirely of enlisted men of color. He was about 20 years old, married and working as a printer when he enlisted on 2 March 1863 from Cambridge, Massachusetts. He mustered in 12 March 1863. Resigned 5 January 1864. He re-enlisted as Second Lieutenant in the 61st Massachusetts on 3 April 1865. Discharged 4 June 1865 at the end of his term of service.^[1]

Prior to his service with the 54th, he served in Company C of the 3rd Massachusetts Volunteer Militia in 1861, and as a Corporal in the 11th Massachusetts in 1862.^[2]

Projects

• 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry

Sources

1. ↑ Emilio, McKay Roster p. 337
2. ↑ Emilio, McKay Roster p. 337

• Emilio, Luis Fenollosa. History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865, Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Book Co., 1891 (1st ed.) and 1894 (2nd ed.)