December 27, 2009
ROBERT JAMES BENEFIELD
MARRIED ANN ARMINTHA HESENTINE DAVIS
BORN: ABOUT 1833
DIED: ABOUT 1865
PVT. ROBERT JAMES BENEFIELD, CO. F, 35TH GEORGIA INFANTRY, CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY.
ENLISTED MAY 3, 1862, AND WAS CAPTURED AT THE BATTLE OF FAIR OAKS, VA, AFTER ONLY 28 DAYS IN THE ARMY.
FREED IN PRISONER EXCHANGE ON AUG. 5 1862.
DURING HIS SERVICE HE WAS WITH THE REGIMENT AT CHANCELLORSVILLE, THE WILDERNESS, AND GETTYSBURG.
HE WAS IN JACKSON HOSPITAL, RICHMOND,VIRGINIA, FOR 4 MONTHS IN 1864 WHERE HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH
"DEBILITAS," A NAME GIVEN IN THE CIVIL WAR TO WHAT WAS CALLED IN LATER WARS SHELLSHOCK,
BATTLE FATIGUE, OR POST TRAUMATIC STRESS SYNDROME.
HE WAS IN CONFEDERATE STATES GENERAL HOSPITAL, FARMVILLE, VA., IN APRIL 1865.
THERE IS NO RECORD OF HIM AFTER HIS PAROLE AT THE HOSPITAL ON APRIL 21, 1865.
HE POSSIBLY DIED THERE SHORTLY AFTER THE WAR. HE WAS BURIED IN GEORGIA,
NEAR ROME, POSSIBLY LINDALE,GA.
ROBERT JAMES' BROTHER, (NEEDHAM BENEFIELD) ALSO SERVED IN THE CSA
ROBERT JAMES BENEFIELD IS FROM THE MARY BERRY CAMP LINE