Clarence Edmund Bennett Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army

Clarence Edmund Bennett of New York Appointed from New York, Cadet, United States Milirary Academy, 1 July 1851 (25) Brevet Second Lieutenant, 3rd U. S. Infantry, 1 July 1855 Second Lieutenant, 10th U. S. Infantry, 16 August 1855 Regimental Adjutant, 1 October 1858 to 30 April 1860 Regimental Quartermaster, 30 April to 16 July 1860 Resigned, 10 September 1860 Appointed Major, 1st U. S. Volunteer Cavalry, 9 February 1863 Lieutenant Colonel, 31 December 1863 Brevetted Colonel, U. S. Volunteers, 13 March 1865, for faithful and meritorious service Honorably mustered out, 15 August 1866 Second Lieutenant, 6th U. S. Cavalry, 23 February 1866 First Lieutenant, 28 July 1866 Captain, 17th U. S. Infantry, 22 January 1867 Major, 19th U. S. Infantry, 28 November 1893 Lieutenant Colonel, 11th U. S. Infantry, 27 June 1897 Retired 2 December 1897 Died 4 November 1902 BENNETT, CLARENCE E United States Army DATE OF DEATH: 11/04/1902 BURIED AT: SECTION 3  SITE 4559WS ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Posted: 29 January 2006