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  • Benjamin F. Cheatham
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  • Benjamin Franklin Cheatham (October 20, 1820 – September 4, 1886), known also as Frank, was a Tennessee planter, California gold miner, and a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He served in the Army of Tennessee, inflicting many casualties on Sherman at Kennesaw Mountain, but taking the blame for General Schofield’s escape at Spring Hill, a major factor in the Confederate defeat at Franklin.
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serviceyears
  • 1846
  • 1861
Birth Date
  • 1820-10-20
Branch
death place
  • Nashville, Tennessee
Name
  • Benjamin Franklin Cheatham
placeofburial label
  • Place of burial
Birth Place
  • Nashville, Tennessee
death date
  • 1886-09-04
Rank
  • 35
Allegiance
  • United States of America
  • Confederate States of America
Battles
placeofburial
honorific prefix
  • Major-General
abstract
  • Benjamin Franklin Cheatham (October 20, 1820 – September 4, 1886), known also as Frank, was a Tennessee planter, California gold miner, and a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He served in the Army of Tennessee, inflicting many casualties on Sherman at Kennesaw Mountain, but taking the blame for General Schofield’s escape at Spring Hill, a major factor in the Confederate defeat at Franklin.