Benjamin A. Berry

2D Lieut Co. C4 U.S. Inf.
1817-1845

Encamped with Zachary Taylor in Corpus Christi in 1845.
Died September 12, 1845 in the Dayton explosion.

Benjamin A. Berry Headstone

Photo Credit: Rosa G. Gonzales

  1. Corpus Christi History by Murphy Givens
    • Corpus Christi Caller-Times (February 7, 2001)

  2. Article of reference in The Handbook of Texas Online
     
  3. "Dayton veteran's forgotten sacrifice finally is honored"
    • Corpus Christi Caller-Times  (September 15, 2002). Available on microfilm.
       
  4. Biographical sketch from U.S. Military Academy Directory
     

    1102….(Born S.C.)                                   (Ap’d S. C.)…….44

              Military History. --- Cadet at the Military Academy, Sep. 1, 1837, to July 1, 1841, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

    Bvt. Second Lieut. 4th Infantry, July 1, 1841.

              Served:  in the Florida War against the Seminole Indians, 1841-42,

    (Second Lieut., 4th Infantry, June 14, 1842)

    being engaged in the Rout of Halleck Tustennuggee’s band in the Big Hammock of Pilaklikaha, Apr.19,1842; in garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1842-43, -- and Ft. Scott, Kan., 1843-45; and in Military Occupation of Texas, 1845, until by the explosion of the boilers of the steamer Dayton, in Aransas Bay, Texas, he was Killed, Sep. 12, 1845:   Aged 28.

     

    Source: 
    Cullum, George W.  Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. from its Establishment. in 1802 to 1890, with the Early History of the United States Military Academy.  Third edition., revised and extended.  Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1891.

    Transcription by:  Rosa G. Gonzales