| Show colonel augustus G bennett one of san ban joked leading and most molt highly teemed esteemed cluse up died at his hi home in sao SAD jose joae california sunday utter atter ft a lengthy illness caused by cancer of the ibe stow sob dece Depe aed peed was waa born la in maelda county N M Y rin an 1886 when the ibe war of the rebellion broke out he be enlisted as aa a private in the eighty fiest now new york infantry and was vac econ ec on promoted to lieutenant then captain he received served in the be peninsular campaign with mcclellan McClel lac while in the sauth he recruited a regiment of negroes and was wa made colonel of the command he was vaa stationed at morris Island llana und od when charleston surrendered it was waa to colonel bennett Be unett he bad baid charge of the oily city under martial law which he declared |
