Benjamin Huger (American Revolution)

For other people with the same name, see Benjamin Huger.
Benjamin Huger
Bornc. 1746
Died11 May 1779(1779-05-11) (aged 32–33)
South Carolina, United States
ChildrenFrancis

Benjamin Huger (c. 1746 – 11 May 1779) was one of five Huger brothers from South Carolina who served in the American Revolutionary War. Huger became a close friend of LaFayette, having met him upon his arrival near Georgetown in 1777, and his son Francis Kinloch Huger had a role in getting LaFayette temporarily released from prison at Olomouc in the 1790s.[1] Huger was killed in an accidental friendly fire incident near Charleston, South Carolina. His grandson was the Confederate General Benjamin Huger.[2]

  1. ^ Sabra Holbrook (1977). Lafayette, Man in the Middle. Atheneum. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-689-30585-6.
  2. ^ Boatner III, Mark Mayo (1974). Encyclopedia of the American Revolution. New York: McKay. ISBN 0-8117-0578-1.