Residence Natchez MS;
Enlisted on 8/3/1861 at Natchez, MS as a Private.
On 8/3/1861 he mustered into "B" Co. MS Hughes' Bn Part. Cavalry
He was discharged for disability on 12/1/1861
(Estimated date of discharge)
Other Information:
born in 1842 in Natchez, MS
Buried: Kingston Cemetery, Natchez, MS

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
- Mississippi Confederate Grave Registry

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Lewis D. Benbrook, Private, Capt. Alfred V. Davis' Company (Natchez Rifles) 4th Battalion Louisiana Infantry,** enlisted August 15, 1861 at Natchez, Miss. for the war, discharged on Surgeon's certificate of disability, September 28, 1861

** This company subsequently became Company E, 4th Battalion Louisiana Infantry

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Louis Benbrook, Private, Company B, Hughes' Battalion Confederate Cavalry*, enlisted August 8, 1862 at Fayette, Miss. for 3 years or the war, transferred to Onglish [sic] Batt. May 10, 1863

* General Orders No.__, Headquarters Cavalry in Mississippi, dated Canton, September 14, 1863 states: "Hughes's and Stodckdale's Battalions of Mississippi Cavalry are hereby organized into a Regiment" The regiment thus formed was designated the 4th Regiment Mississippi Cavalry, and this company became Company H, of that organization
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L. Benbrook, Private, English's Battery, Light Artillery, Mississippi Vols., captured at Port Hudson, La., July 9, 1863, paroled July 10, no other records

M269: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi

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L. D. Benbrook, age 22, Private, Company D. Lay's Regiment of Cavalry,*** enlisted March 12, 186__ at Union Ch by Benj. D. Lay for the war, recorded on the July 2, 1864 muster roll Reanuted [sic] in enemys lines Adam's Co. Discharge from Conscription and volunteered From rolls Containing duplicate information (over) [there is no continuing card], no other records

*** The 20th (also known as Lay's) Regiment Confederate Cavalry was organized about April 23, 1864, by authority of the War Department dated Richmond, Va., January 21, 1864. This authority was revoked early in 1865, and the remnant of the command assigned to other organizations

M258: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations Raised Directly by the Confederate Government.