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Prentiss, Benjamin M. | Biographic Profiles - We Will Remember Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss Sr :us34stars: Born: November 23, 1819 Birthplace: Belleville, Virginia (West Virginia) Father: Henry Leonidas Prentiss 1788 – 1849 Mother: Rebecca Mayberry 1797 – 1850 1st Wife: Margaret Ann Sowdosky 1823 – 1860 (Buried: Woodland Cemetery, Quincy, Illinois)
MD - Maryland - Blue vs Gray - two brothers - Prentiss | Civil War . . . The Prentiss Brothers By Norman Dasinger, Jr In 2008, David Jones wrote the book: Two Brothers: One North, One South about the Prentiss brothers While brothers from the same household fighting on opposing sides the Civil War is somewhat unusual, it did happen The Prentiss brothers
Brigadier General Benjamin M. Prentiss (USA) | Altered Period Photos Brigadier General Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss (USA) Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss was born in Belleville, Virginia His family migrated to Hannibal, Missouri, before moving to Quincy, Illinois, where Prentiss made his home until 1879 Prentiss was a rope-maker and served as an auctioneer On 29
Time to Rock the Boat on Shiloh. Who was in Command of the Hornets . . . Prentiss set up on Wallace's left and was soon reinforced by roughly 575 men of the 23rd Missouri arriving from Pittsburg Landing That put Prentiss in command of about 1,100 soldiers, a relatively small chunk (12 percent) of the approximately 8,850 Federals currently in the Hornets' Nest "
Hornets Nest Myth ? | Shiloh Pittsburg Landing | Page 4 Lew Wallace remembered seeing Prentiss in the Military Court Building after Donelson Prentiss was captured at 5:30 P M in Hells Hollow and Hurlbut and Stuart got away Prentiss was in CS prison until November of 1862, lost his Division Command and was sent down to Helena Grant's story is a fascinating one
The Hornets Nest- The Best Rendition You Have Read. Currently writing on the fighting in the Hornet's Nest The research goes from "General" in nature to "The Union Army is saved!" I find the times, the hours and minutes hard to follow If Colonel Shaver advanced they say at 10:00 A M then Prentiss should have viewed that and nothing says he
Hornets Nest Myth ? | Shiloh Pittsburg Landing Where Prentiss crossed the line, in my opinion, was when he ; a) ignored Peabody---other than mentioning he commanded a brigade---taking the credit Peabody deserved for ordering his men to probe and meet the Confederates in Rhea field thus allowing more warning for the Federals; b) downplaying the contribution made by W H L Wallace and his
15th Michigan Infantry at Shiloh | Shiloh Pittsburg Landing The 15th Michigan left Moore, Michigan on March 26, 1862, 869 men strong and arrived at Pittsburg Landing on April 5th They were assigned to join General Prentiss’s Division and camped near Pittsburg Landing that Saturday evening Rudely awoken by the Confederate attack, the 15th under the
Some Truths about Prentiss and the Hornets Nest For those interested in the truth about Shiloh this post discusses whether Prentiss took credit and whether WHL Wallace commanded the most men in the Hornets' Nest Also included is information about the charge of "stolen valor" against Prentiss for stealing credit due to Peabody and WHL