Relationship information: Benedict joined the military on 12 August 1862, and enlisted a few weeks later into C Company of the 17th Connecticut Infantry as Private. He died of disease while serving this regiment. The American Civil War Research Database (ACWRD) indicates that Benedict did not survive the war; however, the ACWRD indicates that Benedict separated from this organization one day after his death, as recorded in The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion.