The Amazing Life Of Our First Soldier – Michael Bennett (A Short Film)
A Short film about the life of the Offaly man who has a fort named in his honor at Washington DC.
Col. Michael Bennett
Colonel Michael Bennett, born on July 28, 1826, in Monasteroris, Edenderry, emigrated to the US in 1849. He commanded the 28th New York State Militia Regiment during the Civil War and was injured at Gettysburg. He passed away in 1901 and is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn.
Col. Michael Bennett, Edenderry
An Extract From The Memoirs of General William Tecumsah Sherman
Mention Is Made of Edenderry’s Colonel Michael Bennett And a Meeting With Abraham Lincoln Memoirs “That same day, which must
A Map Of Fort Bennett, Washington 1861
Named In Honour of Edenderry’s Michael Bennett
The 1st Battle of Bull Run
Colonel Michael Bennet from Edenderry commanded a Regiment at Bull Run