Helm, Benjamin Hardin, 1831-1863
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Name (Latin)
Helm, Benjamin Hardin, 1831-1863
Other forms of name
Helm, Ben Hardin, 1831-1863
Helm, Benjamin Hardin, 1830-1863
Date of birth
1831-06-02
Date of death
1863-09-20
Place of birth
Bardstown (Ky.)
Place of death
Chickamauga (Ga.)
Associated country
United States
Place of residence/headquarters
Frankfort (Ky.)
West Point (N.Y.)
Louisville (Ky.)
Elizabethtown (Ky.)
Associate group
Kentucky Military Institute (1845-1971)
United States Military Academy
United States Military Academy (1847-07-01 - 1847-07-01)
Confederate States of America. Army
Harvard Law School
University of Louisville. School of Law
Kentucky. General Assembly. House of Representatives
Kentucky. General Assembly. House of Representatives (1855 - 1855)
Occupation
Generals--Confederate States of America
Attorneys
Soldiers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Library of congress:
n 2001028471
OCoLC:
oca05451482
DLC:
n 2001028471
Sources of Information
- Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992:page 421 ("Benjamin Hardin Helm", Confederate general. Born in Bardstown, Ky., and received his education at the Kentucky Military Institute near Frankfort. On July 1, 1847 he entered the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 1851. Served in the U. S. Cavalry. Resigned from the Army at his father's request to study law. Graduated from the University of Louisville School of Law in 1853 and went to Harvard Law School. Practiced law with his father in Elizabethtown until 1856. In 1855 he was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives for one term. Served as commonwealth attorney from 1856 to 1858 and practiced law in Louisville. Served as a general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Married to the sister of Marry Todd Lincoln. Killed in the Battle of Chickamauga on September 20, 1863.)
- McMurtry, Robert Gerald. Ben Hardin Helm, "rebel" brother-in law of Abraham Lincoln, 1943:t.p. (Ben Hardin Helm)
- Find a grave (http://www.findagrave.com)(Benjamin Hardin Helm, b. June 2, 1831; d. Sept. 20, 1863; Confederate general killed at Chickamauga; photograph of headstone)