Category Archives: Battery E Second U.S. Artillery

Jacob Lyon, Fort Sanders defender

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Dick Stanley

Simon Lyon of Chicago has written me of his great grandfather, Jacob Lyon, who fought in the defense of Fort Sanders as a member of Lieutenant Benjamin’s battery E of the 2nd U.S. Artillery. Benjamin commanded the defense in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Battery E Second U.S. Artillery, Fort Sanders, Samuel Nicoll Benjamin | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Hamilton Fish

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Lieutenant Samuel Nicoll Benjamin, commander of the artillery at Fort Sanders and, in fact, of the fort itself during the Confederate attack, later married a daughter of Hamilton Fish of New York City. President Grant chose Fish, a former governor … Continue reading →

Posted in Battery E Second U.S. Artillery, Fort Sanders, Samuel Nicoll Benjamin | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Benjamin’s Battery

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Dick Stanley

Lieutenant Samuel N. Benjamin’s Battery E, Second U.S. Artillery, has gotten short shrift in post-Civil War history. Even in the history of the war—except for Antietam and Fredericksburg—its record was scanted. Rather more has been recorded about it in recent … Continue reading →

Posted in "Knoxville 1863", Battery E Second U.S. Artillery, Samuel Nicoll Benjamin | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Lieutenant Benjamin’s grave

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Dick Stanley

His grave marker in Putnam County, New York. Or is it? There’s another one, here, and some confusion over the spelling of his middle name.

Posted in "Knoxville 1863", Battery E Second U.S. Artillery, Civil War armament, Samuel Nicoll Benjamin | Tagged , | Leave a comment