Maj. Gen. Benjamin Huger
Born: November 22, 1805
Charleston, South Carolina
Died: December 7, 1877
Charleston, South Carolina
1825: West Point Graduate
July 1, 1825: Brevet 2nd Lieutenant
July 1, 1825: 2nd Lieutenant
May 30, 1832: Captain
March 29, 1847: Brevet Major
September 8, 1847: Brevet Lieutenant Colonel
September 13, 1847: Brevet Colonel
April 22, 1861: Resigned USA
March 16, 1861: Lieutenant Colonel
(CSA)
May 22, 1861: Brig. General (CSA)
October 7, 1861: Maj. General (CSA)
Major General Benjamin Huger, CSA
1825: West Point Graduate - 8th out of 37
July 1, 1825: Brevet 2nd Lieutenant
July 1, 1825: Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd U.S. Artillery
Served in topographical engineers until 1828
1828-1830: Took leave to visit Europe
1831: Recruiting duty which he served part of at Fort Trumball garrison in New London, Connecticut
1832-1839: Commander of Fort Monroe arsenal
May 30, 1832: Transferred to Army's Ordnance Department - Promoted to Captain
1839-1846: Served as member of U.S. Army Ordinance Board
1840-1841: Official Duty in Europe
1841-1846: Commanded Fort Monroe Arsenal
1846-1848: Mexican/American War
March 9-29, 1847: Command of siege train during the Siege of Veracruz
March 29, 1847: Promoted to Brevet Major
September 8, 1847: Battle of Molino del Rey - Promoted to Brevet Lieutenant Colonel
September 13, 1847: Promoted to Brevet Colonel - Battle of Chapultepec
1848-1851: Commanded Fort Monroe Arsenal
1851-1854: Commanded Harper's Ferry Arsenal
1854-1860: Commanded arsenal at Pikesville in Baltimore County, Maryland
1860-Apring 1861: Commanded Charleston Arsenal until resigning in Spring 1861
April 22, 1861: Resigned U.S. Army commission
March 16, 1861: Lieutenant Colonel of infantry in regular Confederate army
Briefly commanded forces in and around Norfolk, Virginia
May 22, 1861: Appointed Brigadier General in state's militia
Department of Norfolk responsible for the defense of North Carolina and Southern Virginia. His headquarters were in Norfolk
June 1861: Commissioned a Brigadier General in the Virginia Provisional Army
October 7, 1861: Promoted to Major General
April 27, 1862: Ordered by Gen. Johnston to abandon Norfolk
May 31-June1, 1862: Battle of Seven Pines - was supposed to place his command under Gen. Longstreet, but was not notified. This confusion prevented his troops participating
June 25-July 1, 1862: Seven Days Battles
June 25, 1862: Battle of Oak Grove
July 1, 1862: Last fight with the Army of Northern Virginia
July 12, 1862: Relieved of Command
Served as assistant General of Artillery
August 1862: Transferred to Confederate Trans-Mississippi Department
Considered to old for field duties, spent the remainder in administration duties
July 1863: Promoted to command all ordinance in the department
June 12, 1865: Paroled
Benjamin Huger (general). 20 September, 2019. web. 9 April 2020.
Boatner, Mark III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 416
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Gray The Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992. p 143-144