Benjamin F. Cheatham
Confederate Army general
Died when: 65 years 319 days (790 months)Star Sign: Libra
Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Cheatham (October 20, 1820 – September 4, 1886) was a Tennessee planter, California gold miner, and a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
He served in the Army of Tennessee, inflicting many casualties on Gen.Sherman at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, but taking the blame for General Schofield's escape at Spring Hill, Tennessee – a major factor in the Confederate defeat at Franklin, Tennessee.
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