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Fearing, Benjamin Dana 1837-1881

Military officer; born in Harmar, O., Oct. 10, 1837; enlisted in the 2d Ohio Regiment at the outbreak of the Civil War; took part in the battles of Bull Run, Shiloh, Hoover's Gap, and at Chickamauga, where he was severely wounded. During Sherman's march to the sea he commanded a brigade and was again wounded at Bentonville. General Sherman spoke of him as “the bravest man that fought on Shiloh's field.” He died in Harmar, O., Dec. 9, 1881.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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