Benjamin Hardin Helm
Born: June 2, 1831
Birth Place: Bardstown, Kentucky
Father: John Larue Helm 1802 – 1867
(Buried: Helm Family Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Kentucky)
Mother: Lucinda Barbour Hardin 1809 – 1885
(Buried: Helm Family Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Kentucky)
Wife: Emilie Todd 1836 – 1930
(Buried: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky)
Brother - in - law: President Abraham Lincoln
Children:
Katherine Helm 1857 – 1937
(Buried: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky)
Elodie Todd Helm Lewis 1859 – 1953
(Buried: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky)
Benjamin Hardin Helm Jr. 1862 – 1946
(Buried: Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky)
Education:
1851: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (9th in class)
1853: Graduated from Harvard University law school
Occupation before War:
1851 – 1852: Brevet 2nd Lt. 2nd United States Army Dragoons
1851 – 1852: At Cavalry School of Practice
1852: 2nd Lt. United States Army Dragoons
1852: Frontier Duty at Fort Lincoln, Texas
1852: Resigned from United States Army on October 9th
1854 – 1858: Attorney in Elizabethtown, Kentucky
1855 – 1856: Kentucky State Representative
1856 – 1858: Commonwealth Attorney 3rd District of Kentucky
1858 – 1861: Attorney in Louisville, Kentucky
Assistant Inspector General for Kentucky State Guard
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 1st Kentucky Confederate Cavalry
1862 – 1863: Brigadier General of Confederate Infantry
1862 – 1863: Commander of the Orphan Brigade
1862: Served as guard during the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
1862: His horse fell with him and right leg broken at Baton Rouge
1862: Confederate Post Commander at Chattanooga, Tennessee
1863: Participated in the Tullahoma, Tennessee Campaign
1863: Participated in the Chickamuga Campaign
1863: Mortally wounded in right side at the Battle of Chickamuga
Died: September 21, 1863
Place of Death: Chickamuga, Georgia
Age at time of Death: 32 years old
Cause of Death: Bullet thru his side
Last Words: “Victory! Victory! Victory!”
Burial Place: Helm Family Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Kentucky
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