Benjamin W. Blincoe [7590]
1838-1871
Father Nm: Captain Benjamin Carroll Blincoe [7536] 1809–1859
BIRTH 19 FEBRUARY 1809 Mason, Kentucky
DEATH 27 MAY 1859 Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky
Mother Nm: Lydia Beatty Spurr 1813–1889
BIRTH 21 JAN 1813 Fayette, Kentucky, USA
DEATH 03 MAY 1889 Fayette, Kentucky
Marriage Dt: 27.11.1860 Fayette Ky
K comments: Brother Thomas Harrison Blincoe fought for the Union army. Brother James D Blincoe fought on the opposite side.
Spouse comments: Anne Roberts Curtis [7874] born 7.9.1840 died 23.7.1899
Children.Mary Appeline Blincoe [10046] born Lexington died Lexington, Anna Blincoe [7875] born 23.9.1861 died 10.2.1937 Lexington Ky, Benjamin Curtis Blincoe [7595] born 23.3.1866 Lexington Ky died 26.11.1952 Odessa Mo
Born 1832
details
1850 Census
Fayette Ky
Household Members Age
Ben C Blincoe 41
Lydia B Blincoe 37
Tho H Blincoe 16 Farmer
James D Blincoe 14
Benj Blincoe 12
Martha F Blincoe 10
Sarah E Blincoe 8
1860 CENSUS
Lexington
Lydia B Blincoe 40
Benj W Blincoe 22
M F Blincoe 19
S E Blincoe 17
Civil War
1862
- 22 September. Drafted Company B 11 Kentucky Cavalry Union Army.
Note: Record attached Blincol, Benjamin H that shows Benjamin was absent from the 11th Kentucky Cavalry of the Union Army ie he doesnt appear to have responded to an order to attend and instead enlists againin the following year - Enlisted age 27 a Clerk at Fayette. Married and previously Lieut in military
- US National Archives
- Ancestry and BFA database
- Wikipedia
1863
1864-1865
The movements and actions of the 11th Cavalry from wikipedia were.
Detailed service
Companies A, C, D, and F moved to Frankfort, Kentucky, July 22, 1862, then to Louisville, Kentucky, and joined regiment. Regiment moved to Frankfort, Kentucky, November 1862. Duty there and at Bowling Green, Scottsville, and Gallatin, Tennessee, until December 25, 1862. Hartsville, Tennessee, December 7 (Company E). Moved to Glasgow, Kentucky, December 25, and duty there and at various points in western Kentucky until August 1863. Action at Creelsburg, Kentucky, April 19. Expedition to Monticello and operations in southeast Kentucky April 26 – May 12. Scottsville June 11. Pursuit of Morgan July 2–26. Buffington Island, Ohio, July 19. New Lisbon, Ohio, July 26. Burnside’s Campaign in eastern Tennessee August 16 – October 17. Calhoun and Charleston September 25. Philadelphia October 20. Knoxville Campaign November 4 – December 23. Maryeville November 14. Little River November 14–15. Stock Creek November 15. Near Loudon November 15. Near Knoxville November 16. Siege of Knoxville November 17 – December 5. About Bean’s Station December 9–13. Operations about Dandridge January 16–17, 1864. Bend of Chucky Road near Dandridge January 16. Dandridge January 17. Flat and Muddy Creeks January 26. Near Fair Garden January 27. French Broad January 28. Moved to Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, February 3–12, and duty there until April. March from Nicholasville, Kentucky, to Dalton, Georgia, April 29 – May 11. Atlanta Campaign May to August. Varnell Station May 11. Demonstration on Dalton May 11–13. Battle of Resaca May 14–15. Operations on line Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church, and Allatoona Hills May 25 – June 5. Burnt Church May 26–27. Mt. Zion Church May 27–28. Allatoona May 30. Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 – July 2. Pine Hill June 11–14. Lost Mountain June 15–17. Muddy Creek June 17. Noyes Creek June 19. Cheyney’s Farm June 22. Olley’s Creek June 26–27. Assault on Kennesaw June 27. On line of Nickajack Creek July 2–5. On line of Chattahoochie River July 6–17. Siege of Atlanta July 22 – August 25. Stoneman’s Raid to Macon July 27 – August 6. Macon and Clinton July 30. Sunshine Church July 30–31. Ordered to Kentucky August 31, and operating against guerrillas in Green River counties until September. Burbridge’s Expedition into southwest Virginia September 20 – October 17. Saltsville, Virginia, October 2. Sandy Mountain October 3. Stoneman’s Raid into southwest Virginia December 10–29. Bristol December 14. Abington, Virginia, December 15. Marion, Va., December 16. Near Marion December 17–18. Capture of Saltville, Virginia, December 20–21. Jonesboro December 23. Clinch River December 24. At Lexington, Kentucky, until February 1865. Moved to Louisville, then to Knoxville, Tennessee, February 27 – March 9, and to Strawberry Plains March 15. Stoneman’s Raid into southwest Virginia and western North Carolina March 21 – April 25. 1865. Statesville, North Carolina, April 10–11. Shallow Ford, North Carolina, April 11. Salisbury April 12. Catawba River near Morgantown April 17. Howard’s Gap, Blue Ridge, April 22. Hendersonville April 23. Asheville April 25. Moved to Atlanta, Georgia, then to Louisa, Kentucky.
Casualties
The regiment lost a total of 262 men during service; 1 officer and 23 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 236 enlisted men died of disease.
Medals
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After the War
1871 Death
11 May 1871 (aged 32–33)
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
BURIAL
The Lexington Cemetery
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
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