CDV OF STEPHEN VINCENT BENET – ARSENAL COMMANDER, CHIEF OF ORDNANCE

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Bust view of Benet in captain’s uniform. Image is clear with good contrast. On complete, untrimmed mount. Simple, one-line photographer’s backmark on reverse.

Stephen Vincent Benet was born in St. Augustine, Florida, on 22 January 1827. He entered West Point in June 1845, the first cadet ever admitted from his home state, which had been admitted to the Union just three months previously. He graduated third in his class of 1849.

During the 1850s, Benet served in a variety of posts at Watervliet, Frankford, and St. Louis Arsenals, and also taught geography, history, ethics and law at the Military Academy.

Promoted to Captain in August 1861, Benet was again detailed to West Point, this time as an instructor in ordnance and gunnery. By 1864, he had been made commandant of Frankford Arsenal, a post he held for five years. In May 1865, Benet was awarded brevets of major and lieutenant colonel for faithful and meritorious service as an ordnance officer during the Civil War.

In 1874, Benet was appointed Brigadier General and the 8th Chief of Ordnance for the U.S Army Ordnance Corps. The General retired on his 64th birthday, 22 January 1891. He died on his 68th birthday, 22 January 1895.  [jet]

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