Class of 1851

Benjamin Hardin Helm: Born June 2, 1831, Bardstown, KY.

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1847, to July 1, 1851, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., 2d Dragoons, July 1, 1851.

Served: at the Cavalry School for Practice, Carlisle, Pa., 1851‑52;

(Second Lieut., 2d Dragoons, Mar. 31, 1852)

and on frontier duty at Ft. Lincoln, Tex., 1852.

Resigned, Oct. 9, 1852.

Civil History. — Counselor at Law, Elizabethtown, Ky., 1854‑58, — and at Louisville, Ky., 1858‑61. Member of the House of Representatives of the State of Kentucky, 1855‑56. Commonwealth Attorney for the 3d District of Kentucky, 1856‑58.

Joined in the Rebellion of 1861‑66 against the United States,​a and

Died, Sep. 21, 1863, of Wounds Received at Chickamauga, Ga.: Aged 33.

Buried, Helm Family Cemetery, Elizabethtown, KY.