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Overview
Henry L. Benning is justly included in Northern's Men of Mark in Georgia yet, little is known of this remarkable man. Why was a federal military installation named after him? Why did his former slaves openly adore and respect him? What did he do to deservSynopsis
Henry L. Benning (1814-1875) served as a justice on the Georgia Supreme Court and later, having been one of the first Southerners to propose secession from the United States, became a general in the Confederate Army. In this hagiographic biography of Benning, Dameron (who works as a civilian research specialist in the Concepts and Analysis Division of the U.S. Army Infantry Center, Fort Benning, Georgia) follows the general's life from youth to after the Civil War, describing his career fortunes and the evolution of his political and legal thought. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR