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A Benjamin Rider is shown on the 1860 census as a 17 year old mechanic living in the southern division of Russell County, post office - Columbus, GA. The 1880 census has him as Benjamin H Ryder, a machinist, age 38, living in Girard. A B.H. Ryder was a private in Co. K, 46th Ga. Some of his cards indicate enlistment at Columbus, on March 4, 1862. Other cards show him enlisting in Macon, on January 10, 1863 - one has a notation that he came from a conscript camp. Benjamin H Ryder died on November 13, 1911, in Decatur, Alabama, but was buried in Girard. His widow filed for a Confederate pension from the state of Alabama, listing his service as Co. K, 46th Ga. I see from past discussions on this board that several members, notably Alan Pitts, doubted that the Girard Guards were ever mustered into Confederate service.

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