B F. Plaster
Residence Gwinnett County GA;
Enlisted on 7/31/1862 as a Private.
On 7/31/1862 he mustered into "H" Co. GA 16th Infantry
He died on 2/22/1864 at Montgomery Springs, VA Hospl
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia 1861-1865
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Benjamin F. Plaster, Private, Company H, 16th Regiment Georgia Infantry, enlisted July 21, 1862 at Calhoun, Georgia by Maj. Dunwoody, died in Hospital at Montgomery Spring, Va., February 22, 1864, his effects left, $89.oo, turned over to Quartermaster, CSA, his widow, Lucy I. Plaster, Fulton County, Georgia, filed claim for his pay, bounty, or other allowances for his service, May 4, 1864
M266: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia
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For other information, see:
Bibliography for Researching
The 16th Georgia Infantry
Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 7: Georgia. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot,
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See pp. 95-96 (2 photocopied pages) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.
Georgia. State Division of Confederate Pensions and Records. Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of
Georgia, l86l-l865. Vol. 2. Hapeville, GA: Longino & Porter, 1959. pp. 480-558. E559.3G4v2.
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Holley, Thomas E., comp. Company K, Ramsey Volunteers, The Sixteenth Georgia Infantry
Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate States of America: The Officers, the Battles and a Genealogy of its Soldiers. Fernandina Beach, FL: Wolfe, 1995. 363 p. E559.5.16th.H65.1995.
Jones, Charles E. Georgia in the War, 1861-1866. Atlanta, GA: Foot & Davies, 1909. E559.4J76.
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Roberson, Elizabeth E., ed. Weep not for Me, Dear Mother: The War Experiences of Private Eli
Pinson Landers of the 16th Regiment, Georgia Volunteers, the Flint Hill Grays, From Newly Discovered Letters to his Mother. Wash, NC: Venture Pr, 1991. 168 p. E605L36.1991.
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The following manuscripts may be found in the US Military History Institute Archives:
Hutchins, Clarence L. - CWTIColl
Thompson, Augustus C. - LeighColl Bk 25: 77
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