George Grenville Benedict

Background

Benedict was born on 10 December 1826 in Burlington, Vermont. He was married on the 27th of October 1853 to Mary Anne, the daughter of Edward and Abigail Frances Kellogg of New Canaan, New New York

Education

He entered the University of Vermont and graduated with honors in 1847, receiving the degree of Master of Arts in 1850.

Career

He was honored with the award on 27 June 1892. He was editor of and publisher The Burlington Daily Free Press in Burlington, Vermont. He was selected as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1880.

Also in 1880, Benedict was elected to the University of Vermont Board of Trustees.

Military career Benedict enlisted into the 12th Vermont Infantry at Burlington in August 1862. In 1863, he was promoted to a lieutenant, and later appointed aid-de-camp on the staff of General

George J. Standard, commanding the 2nd Brigade of Vermont Volunteers. By 1865, he held the office of assistant inspector general with the rank of major.

Rising again in 1866, Benedict was appointed aid-de-camp to Government.

Paul Dillingham with the rank of colonel. Colonel Benedict was appointed to be military historian of the State of Vermont by Governor Redfield Proctor in 1879.

Achievements

• Benedict was awarded the country"s highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action during the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania on July 3, 1863. On the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, he was among a group of men involved in the successful flank attack on Pickett"s Charge, for which he gained the Medal of Honor.

Membership

While a student he became a member of the Sigma Phi Society as well as the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. Further: he severed as the president of the Vermont & Boston Telegraph Company from 1859 to 1863. Was elected by the people of Chittenden county as a member of the Vermont Senate 1869-1871.

And served as the secretary of the Corporation of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College from 1865 to 1879.

Connections

Father:

Honorary George Wyllys Benedict

Mother:

Eliza (Dewey) Benedict

Spouse:

Mary A. Kellogg

Spouse:

Katharine A. Pease