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Benjamin Lewis Hodge

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  • Map of the location of the Hodge Residence in Shreveport Louisiana. The home belonged to Benjamin Lewis Hodge and was used by Lt.Gen. E. Kirby Smith, CSA during the Civil War.
    Map of the location of the Hodge Residence in Shreveport Louisiana. The home belonged to Benjamin Lewis Hodge and was used by Lt.Gen. E. Kirby Smith, CSA during the Civil War.
  • Hand sketch image of Benjamin Lewis Hodge.
    Hand sketch image of Benjamin Lewis Hodge.
  • Historical marker of residence of Lt.Gen. E. Kirby Smith during the Civil War.
    Historical marker of residence of Lt.Gen. E. Kirby Smith during the Civil War.

Benjamin Lewis Hodge (1824 – August 12, 1864) was a Confederate politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.

Hodge was born in Tennessee and later moved to Caddo Parish, Louisiana. He married Caroline Dudley Cash on March 18, 1852.[1]

During the Civil War, Hodge represented the state in the Second Confederate Congress in 1864.

Lt. Gen. E. Kirby Smith occupied the Hodge residence during the use of Shreveport as the Headquarters of the Trans-Mississippi Department.

Notes

  1. ^ Marriage Records, Red River Sankofa Project Archived July 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine


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