USCT-UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION; After several unsuccessful efforts to recover three pieces of abandoned artillery, this officer gallantly led a small force fully 100 yards in advance of the Union lines and brought in the ...

LT. BENNETT WAS A MEMBER OF THE 102ND U.S. COLORED TROOPS. HE WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR AT HONEY HILL, SC ON NOVEMBER 30, 1864 FOR LEADING A GROUP OF MEN TO RETRIEVE CANNONS LEFT ON THE BATTLEFIELD WHILE BEING RAKED BY ENEMY FIRE.