| Name | George Benfield |
|---|---|
| Rank | Sergeant |
| Military Age | 29 [29] |
| Service Entry Age | 29 |
| Muster In Age | 29 [29] |
| Birth Date | abt 1832 [abt 1832] |
| Birth Place | Crawford Co, Pennsylvania |
| Height | 5' 7 1/2 |
| Hair | Dark |
| Eyes | Hazel |
| Complexion | Dark |
| War Years | 1861-1865 |
| War | Civil War |
| Company | C |
| Unit | 50th Illinois Infantry |
| Period | 3 Yrs |
| Service Entry Date | 20 Aug 1861 |
| Service Entry Place | Payson, Illinois |
| Joined By Whom | W M Gooding |
| Muster In Date | 12 Sep 1861 |
| Muster In Place | Decatur Junction, Alabama |
| Remarks | Discharged For Disability Sep 12, 1862 |
| Residence Place | Liberty, Adams Co, Illinois |
| Occupation | Joiner |
| Record Source | Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls |
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Ancestry.com. Web: Illinois, U.S., Databases of Illinois Veterans Index, 1775-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Original data: Databases of Illinois Veterans. Illinois State Archive. https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/databases/home.html: accessed 5 August 2014.
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