John B. Dennis.

About John B. Dennis

John Benjamin Dennis was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War who was subsequently appointed a brevet brigadier general. He was a metal worker before the war. At the beginning of the war, he served as a private with the 6th Massachusetts Militia. He later served as a captain in the 7th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. He was severely wounded at the Battle of Pocotaligo in South Carolina. He was later captured at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, on June 2, 1864.