| Name: FLEMING, Benjamin Watson | |
| Rank: Sergeant | |
| Enlisted: 3 July 1861, Westville, Dale County, Alabama | |
| Service History: absent sick Winchester VA May 25 62, Cross Keys Jun 8 62, Present Cold Harbor Jun 27 63, Malvern Hill July 2 62, Cedar Mtn Aug 9 62, Hazel River Aug 23 62, Fredericksburg VA Dec 13 62, Suffolk VA May 3 63, Gettysburg PA July 2-3 63, Battle Mountain VA July 24 63, Chickamauga GA Sept 19-20 63, Raccoon Mt. TN Oct 27 63, Lookout Valley TN Oct 28 63, Camel Station Nov 16 63, Knoxville TN Nov 20 & 29 63, Dandridge TN Jan 16 64, Wilderness VA May 6 64, Spottsylvania VA May 8 & 12 64, Cold Harbor Jun 3 64, Chester Station Jun 17 64, Deep Bottom Aug 14 64, Present Fussell Mill Aug 16 64, Ft Gilmer Sep 29 63, Ft. Harrison Sep 30 64, Darbeytown Oct 7 64, D Rd Oct 13 64, Williamsburg Rd Oct 27 64, Abs det Manassas Junction Aug 28-30 62, Chantilly Sep 1 62, Harpers Ferry Sep 13 62, Sharpsburg Sep 17 62, Shepards Tn. VA Sep 18 62, wounded in action near Richmond, February, 1865 | |
| Date of Birth: 10 November 1841 | Place of Birth: Harris County, Georgia |
| Date of Death: 21 February 1927 | Place of Death: Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama |
| Buried: Enterprise City Cemetery, Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama | |
| Father: John Alexander Fleming (b 10 March 1810 in Columbia County, Georgia, d 8 August 1893 in Coffee County, Alabama) | |
| Mother: Nancy Watson (b 26 March 1811 in Georgia, d 4 March1881 in Coffee County, Alabama) | |
| Spouse(s):
(1) Isadora Atkinson, married 12 July 1868 in Coffee County, Alabama (Dora
died in Texas) (2) Mary Emma Gresham, married 21 December 1880 in Troy, Pike County, Alabama (Emma was b 6 April 1855 in Wilkes County, Georgia) |
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| Children: (1) Lamar, Frank Sidney, Nancy Mae; (2) James Hunter, John Bernard, Dora | |
| Occupation: Farmer | |
| Residence(s): At the time of the war, Clintonville, Coffee County, Alabama. Afterwards he lived in White County and St. Francis County, Arkansas 1870-1873, and in Comal County, Texas 1874-1876. Returned to Alabama and resided in Pike County, and finally in Enterprise, Coffee County. | |
| Other: 1st Cousin of Dawson
Fleming and George W. Fleming. "B. W. Fleming was 19 years old when enlisted. He was a first-rate soldier and always present for duty except when on detached service. He went through many battles without receiving a wound and was promoted to a sergeancy in July 1864, for his good soldierly qualities. He resided after the war near Clintonville, Coffee County, Alabama, where he had a beautiful and valuable plantation, and was a good farmer. He is a sound Democrat in politics and served as a member of the Commissioners' Court in his county. Mr. Fleming is highly respected as a true man and good citizen by all who know him. He represented his county in the legislature in 1900 and 1901." (Oates, The War Between the Union and the Confederacy, Appendix A) |
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| Photographs:
Confederate marker dedicated 21 November 2010 by Gen. Edmond W. Rucker Chapter #2534, United Daughters of the Confederacy |
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| Submitter: Georgia V. Fleming | E-mail: hyacinth@ala.net |
