# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-f-cheatham
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:15:26.706Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-f-cheatham"
name: "Benjamin F. Cheatham"
slug: "benjamin-f-cheatham"
description: "Benjamin Franklin Cheatham was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. He served in the Army of Tennessee, inflicting many casualties on Gen. Sherman at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, but took the blame for General Schofield's escape at Spring Hill – a major factor in the Confederate defeat at Franklin, Tennessee in 1864. Later in life, he became a gold miner in California and a plantation owner in his home state of Tennessee."
tagline: "Confederate Army general and owner of a gold mine"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benjamin_F._Cheatham_05989v.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1820-10-20"
deathDate: "1886-09-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.763681333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BC%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Читем, Бенджамин Франклин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "بنجامين فرانكلين تشيثام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_Cheatham"
    title: "Benjamin Franklin Cheatham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_F._Cheatham"
    title: "Benjamin F. Cheatham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_Cheatham"
    title: "Benjamin Franklin Cheatham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_F._Cheatham"
    title: "Benjamin F. Cheatham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Cheatham"
    title: "Benjamin Cheatham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326749"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump