Huger, Benjamin
Huger, Benjamin
HUGER, BENJAMIN. (1746–1779). Militia officer. South Carolina. Fourth eldest of the Huger Brothers, Benjamin Huger was a member of the assembly and the Provincial Congress of 1775. On 17 June 1775 he became lieutenant of the Fourth South Carolina Artillery, and on 16 September 1776 he was promoted to major of his brother Isaac's Fifth South Carolina Rifles. Huger was accidentally killed by friendly troops at Charleston on 11 May 1779.
SEE ALSO Huger, Daniel; Huger, Francis; Huger, Isaac; Huger, John.
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