Benjamin Lewis

Title

Benjamin Lewis

Aliases

Nippey

Date

20 August 1866-20 February 1908

Description

Regiment: 5th U.S. Colored Troops Cavalry
Company: E
Rank: Sergeant
Mustered-in date and place: 9 September 1864 in Camp Nelson, Kentucky, United States
Mustered-out date and place: Killed in service on 25 January 1865 in Simpsonville, Shelly County, Kentucky, United States

Other locations listed during time of service: Simpsonville, Shelby County, Kentucky, United States
Comrades mentioned: Captain J.K. Schuel; John Dorsey; George Means

Name(s) of spouse(s): Martha Coleman
Children: Norah Lewis (born 16 November 1859); McClellan Lewis (born 19 March 1864)

Veteran’s birth date and place: Not listed
Plantation(s): Not listed
Enslaver(s): Not listed

Parents of veterans: Not listed
Other listed family members: Not listed

Wife's place of birth: Not listed
Wife's plantation: Not listed
Wife's enslaver: Not listed
Wife's parents: Not listed
Other listed family members: Not listed

Creator

Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions

Publisher

National Archives and Record Administration

Type

Document

Format

Portable Document Format

Language

English

Coverage

United States of America

Rights

Public Domain | All records should be cited as coming from the Center Family History at the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.