Benjamin H. Lockhart (1838 - 1865)

Born 1838 in Tazewell, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Polly Ann (Whitt) Lockhart — married 1860 in Washington, Virginia, United States

Died 3 Jan 1865 at about age 27 in Camp Chase, Franklin, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Native Virginian

Private Benjamin H. Lockhart served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Sep 14, 1861
Mustered out: died as POW Jan 3, 1865
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Caldwell's Battalion, Company C, 16 Virginia Cavalry

Private Benjamin H. Lockhart died as Prisoner of War at Camp Chase, Ohio during Civil War.

The Life Summary of Benjamin H. Lockhart:

Benjamin Lockhart was born in 1838 in Tazewell, Virginia, United States to the parents of John Henry Lockhart II and Eleanor Gray (Bowling) Lockhart with eleven (11) siblings.^[1]

Benjamin had a child, James Lockhart, with Polly Ann Whitt on December 1861 in Waters of Plum Creek, Tazewell, Virginia, United States.^[2]

Benjamin joined the Civil War as a Private for the Confederacy. He was part of the 16th Regiment: Caldwell's Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, Company C.^[3]

Benjamin was also part of the 47th Battalion, Cavalry AND Caldwell's Battalion.^[4]

Benjamin died as a prisoner of war in a Union Camp on January 3, 1865 at Camp Chase, Franklin, Ohio, United States.^[5][6]

Benjamin is buried at Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA PLOT row 20 - 29 grave# 699.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GW74-BM3
2. ↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRRW-RXR : 28 January 2020), Benjamin Lockhart in entry for James Lockhart, 1861.
3. ↑ "United States Register of Confederates and Civilians Who Died in the North,1861-1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1W-YVDX : 16 March 2018), Benjamin Lockhart, 03 Jan 1865; citing Death, Camp Chase, Franklin, Ohio, United States, p. 118, NARA microfilm publication M918 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 1,024,456.
4. ↑ "Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3H4-YJD : 5 December 2014), Benjamin H Lockhart, ; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Forty-seventh Battalion, Cavalry AND Caldwell's Battalion, NARA microfilm publication M324 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1961), roll 205.
5. ↑ "Ohio, Grave Registrations of Soldiers, 1810-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D6RD-Z5N2 : 9 November 2020), Benj. Lockhart, 1865.
6. ↑ "Ohio, Church and Civil Deaths, 1833-1967", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D6TN-W72M : 10 November 2020), Benj. Lockhart, 1865.
7. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20428439/benjamin-h-lockhart