This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BENNETT Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BRD.2ACEB/6231 Message Board Post: Source: http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/mohciv.htm BENNETT, ORSON W. Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company A, 102d U.S. Colored Troops. Place and date: At Honey Hill, S.C., 30 November 1864. Entered service at: Michigan. Born: 17 November 1841, Union City Branch County, Mich. Date of issue: 9 March 1887. Citation: After several unsuccessful efforts to recover 3 pieces of abandoned artillery, this officer gallantly led a small force fully 100 yards in advance of the Union lines and brought in the guns, preventing their capture.