December 27, 2009
Needham N. Benefield
seved in the war between the states
in the 1st Georgia
Regulars of Gilmer County (he joined in Gwinnett Co.).
He had the first two
fingers shot off at Sharpesburg Virginia.
He recieved a Civil War pension in
both Georgia and Alabama.
Needham move to Cullman Al after the war,
after
his wife died in Cullman, he moved back to Gwinnett for several months
then
returned to Cullman where he lived with his daugher Susan and her husband
John Godby.
NEEDHAM'S BROTHER, (ROBERT JAMES) ALSO SERVED IN THE CSA
NEEDHAM BENEFIELD IS FROM THE MARY BERRY CAMP LINE