!Ben was Davis County, Iowa's last surviving veteran of t h e Civil War. He enlisted in the Union Army on 12 Nov. 18 63 (Company E, Thir d Iowa Cavalry). He and four other Uni on soldiers guarded Jefferson Davis, th e President of th e Confederacy, after his capture. He was honorably dischar ge d at Atlanta, Georgia on 9 Aug. 1865.
!Ben came to Davis County, Iowa with his parents when he w a s 9 yrs. old. (See notes re Isaac Armstrong -- arrived i n Davis County i n 1856)
!Listed in the 1920 Davis County, IA census as living in P e rry Twp.
The Back Rhodes of Our Genealogy
1845 - 1940 (95 years)
