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Born | Atlanta, Georgia, US | April 7, 1844
Died | April 9, 1865 Baldwin County, Alabama, CSA | (aged 21)
Buried | Spanish Fort Cemetery, Baldwin, Alabama, US |
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Rank | Lieutenant Colonel (CSA) |
Commands | 63rd Georgian Infantry Regiment (1862,1864-1865), 5th Florida Calvary battalion (1863-1864) |
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Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin Bradley Sample (April 7, 1844 – April 9, 1865) was a junior officer in the Confederate States Army who commanded Infantry in the Western theater of the American Civil War.[1]
Born in Atlanta,[2] Sample served in the 63rd Georgian Infantry Regiment of the Confederate States Army and later the 5th Florida Calvary Battalion during the American Civil War. He progressed from being a Private Soldier in the local militia to a regiment commander. He fought in many unsuccessful campaigns throughout the war, especially the Battle of Perryville, the Battle of Stones River, and the Battle of Missionary Ridge but later saw some success in Florida. Sample was killed defending the fortifications works at the Battle of Fort Blakeley.[3]
References
[edit]- Connelly, Thomas L. "Autumn of Glory: The Army of the Tennessee 1862-1865". Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press,1971. ISBN 0-8071-2738-8.
- Du Bose, John Witherspoon. "General Joseph Wheeler and the Army of the Tennessee". New York: Neale Publishing Company, 1912. OCLC 3997217.
- [http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/al006.htm
National Park Service CWSAC Battle Summary]