CS Young, Bennett Henderson

Bennett Henderson Young​

Born: May 25, 1843

Birthplace: Nicholasville, Kentucky

Father: Robert Cochran Young 1808 – 1889

(Buried: The Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky)​

Mother: Josephine Henderson 1811 – 1882

(Buried: The Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky)​

1st​ Wife: Martha Porter "Mattie" Robinson 1847 – 1881

(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)​

2nd​ Wife: Eliza Sharp 1857 – 1942

(Buried: Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky)​

Children:

Stuart Robinson Young 1868 – 1901​

(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)​

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Lawrence Andrew Young 1870 – 1924​

(Buried: Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois)​

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Josephine "Josie" Young 1872 – 1892​

(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)​

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Elizabeth Halderman Young 1896 – 1896​

(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)​

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Bennett Henderson Young Jr. 1898 – 1898​

(Buried: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky)​

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Eliza Bennett Young Heavey 1900 – 1983​

(Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Oklahoma)​

Civil War Career:

Private during John Hunt Morgan's Raid in Ohio where he was captured​

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Escaped from union prison making his way back to Confederate lines​

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Went to Canada to help operate Confederate Secret Service as a Lt.​

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1864: Led a raid on Saint Albans, Vermont​

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Arrested by Canadian authorities but he was released​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1868: Exiled in Ireland, and Scotland​

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1868 – 1919: Attorney in Louisville, Kentucky​

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1876: Kentucky Representative to Paris Exposition​

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1878: Financier of Polytechnic Society of Kentucky​

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1899: Attorney for former slave George Dinning against the KKK​

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1890 – 1908: Helped create the Louisville Free Public Library​

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1912 – 1916: Commander–in–Chief of United Confederate Veterans​

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Author of The Prehistoric Men of Kentucky​

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Author of The History of the Kentucky Constitution​

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Author of Evangelistic work in Kentucky ​

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Author of Battle of Blue Licks​

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Author of The History of Jessamine County​

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Author of The History of the Division of Presbyterian Church of Kentucky​

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Author of The Battle of the Thames​

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Author of Kentucky Eloquence ​

Died: February 23, 1919

Place of Death: Louisville, Kentucky

Age at time of Death: 75 years old

Burial Place: Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky

 

[Pollaco]

From what I read the Raid on St. Albans was a secondary target. The original plan was to hit the prison on Johnson's Island. But Young changed plans due to a leak and led his 20 men on a Raid against St. Albans instead.

 

[Pollaco]

I'm a little puzzled about that picture of him. That is not the insignia of his true rank as I think Lt. is about as high as he got wasn't it?

 

[Pollaco]

The raiders supposedly got away with $201,522 from 3 banks in St. Albans but only $86,000 was recovered by the pursuing possee. The possee violated International Law by crossing into Canada to arrest the raiders.

 

[gentlemanrob]

I'm a little puzzled about that picture of him. That is not the insignia of his true rank as I think Lt. is about as high as he got wasn't it?

The picture is when he was Commander of the United confederate veterans

 

[USS ALASKA]

The St. Albans Raid: Confederate Attack on Vermont by Michelle Arnosky Sherburne

In October 1864, approximately twenty-one Rebel soldiers took over St. Albans, Vermont, proclaiming that it was now under Confederate government control. This northernmost land action of the Civil War ignited wartime fear and anger in every Northern state. The raiders fired on townspeople as they stole horses and robbed the local banks. St. Albans men organized under recently discharged Union captain George Conger, F. Stewart Stranahan and John W. Newton to chase the Rebels out of town. The complex network of the Confederate Secret Service was entangled with the raid and conspired to unravel the North throughout the war. The perpetrators later stood trial in Canada, causing international ramifications for years to come. Michelle Arnosky Sherburne leads readers through the drama, triumph and legacy of the Confederate raid on St. Albans.

Amazon.com

Cheers,
USS ALASKA

 

[ErnieMac]

Bennett Young's 1868 application for a pardon for participation in the St. Albans Raid taken from Fold3..

 

[James N.]

The Raid starring Van Heflin as Young was a 1950's movie version of the incident; as I recall it was fairly accurate or at least non-sensational though like everything else in that period it betrayed its location shooting in California and not Vermont.

 

[Pollaco]

The Raid starring Van Heflin as Young was a 1950's movie version of the incident; as I recall it was fairly accurate or at least non-sensational though like everything else in that period it betrayed its location shooting in California and not Vermont.

That movie was fairly accurate except Van Heflin was playing the part of a 21 year old man.

 

[Pollaco]

The picture is when he was Commander of the United confederate veterans

I realized that it was a post war picture as Young was only in his late teens and early 20s during the war.That is the picture of a much older man.I didn't realize Commanders of UCV wore a general's wreath and stars.Did they all?

 

[gentlemanrob]

I realized that it was a post war picture as Young was only in his late teens and early 20s during the war.That is the picture of a much older man.I didn't realize Commanders of UCV wore a generals wreath and stars.Did they all?

I think most of them did for the most part I plan on posting more of the commanders as time arises.

 

[farrargirl]

Looks pretty harmless with his little daughter ..

I think this was in a Chattanooga paper around the time of the 1913 reunion..