# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-l-benning
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:26:17.115Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-l-benning"
name: "Henry L. Benning"
slug: "henry-l-benning"
description: "Henry Lewis Benning was a Confederate general who commanded infantry in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. He was also a lawyer, legislator, and associate judge in the Georgia Supreme Court. Following the Confederacy's defeat, he returned to his native Georgia, where he resumed his legal practice."
tagline: "Confederate States Army general (1814–1875)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gen._Henry_Lewis_Benning.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Lawyers"
  slug: "lawyers"
profileType:
  name: "Lawyer"
  slug: "lawyer"
birthDate: "1814-04-02"
deathDate: "1875-07-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.15
  momentum:             1.102040816326531
  historical:           7.068544
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henry_L._Benning"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "هنري لويس بنينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%84._%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "هنرى ال. بنينج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_L._Benning"
    title: "Henry L. Benning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lewis_Benning"
    title: "Henry Lewis Benning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_L._Benning"
    title: "Henry L. Benning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_L._Benning"
    title: "Henry L. Benning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_L._Benning"
    title: "Henry L. Benning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q523143"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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