Troy, NY: Merriam, 1848. Well worn and loved Confederate Owned Family Bible. Tooled enbossed leather covers with stamped designs covering boards and spine, worn surface with loss at corners. Spine cover detached but barely re-applied, missing portions. Most pages bound, some loose, browned, moderate to light soiling & chipping; couple plates. Family plates removed, as explained in front pencil inscription: "This was the family Bible of my father, Isaac Newton Teague. -BH Teague. The Family record was taken from it during the War of the Secession 1862 for preservation and is now in the possession of BH Teague. "
The following page is stamped BH TEAGUE, DDS. AIKEN SC. This is Benjamin Hammet Teague, celebrated Confederate soldier, veteran, and Military Lt Col and super prideful southern military man! While at school he became a member of perhaps the most youthful military company in service, the Pickens Rifles, of Charleston. At the age of seventeen years he volunteered in Company B, Hampton Legion Regiment, Mounted Infantry, Gary's Cavalry Brigade, Army Northern Virginia. ...Making this is a genuine piece of Civil War CSA veteran history!!!
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Good luck! Size of the bible rough estimate 9.5" wide, 12" tall, 2.75" thick.
CAPT. B. H. TEAGUE.
Capt. B. H. Teague is a native of Aiken, S. C. His early years were spent in Charleston. While at school he became a member of perhaps the most youthful military company in service, the Pickens Rifles, of Charleston. At the age of seventeen years he volunteered in Company B, Hampton Legion Regiment, Mounted Infantry, Gary's Cavalry Brigade, Army Northern Virginia.
Young Teague was a brave and faithful soldier to the end, and surrendered with his command at Appomattox. He boasts that he never " held horses during a fight." After the war he joined his State militia as soon as organized, and has advanced through the grades of office until he is now Lieutenant Colonel of Infantry.
Commander Teague organized the second Camp of United Confederate Veterans in his State, that of Barnard E. Bee, No. 84, and his comrades, appreciating his zeal in their behalf, have kept him in command. He is a dentist by profession, and is held in high esteem as a skillful practitioner. He is an inventor of several useful appliances in dentistry, upon which he has letters patent. Dr. Teague is ex President of the Dental Association of his State, a place of honorable distinction, and he is President of the Young Men's Christian Association of this city, which position he now holds. His standing among his people is that of an exemplary and honorable citizen, and though he sought not political preferment, he was made President of the Central Democratic Club of his county for nearly ten years after the overthrow of radical Republicanism in his State.
As a labor of love, and for the purpose of preserving them from oblivion, Commander Teague has for many years been collecting relics and souvenirs of the Confederate war. He has filled a suite of rooms with these precious treasures, many of which are of historical and inestimable value, contributed by his many friends and his comrades. To these rooms all veterans are welcomed, and they have been visited by hundreds. He affirms he is a crank at collecting, and at the parting at the Birmingham meeting he said, "If you want to make a fast friend send me a Confederate war relic."
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68. THE NOOK (circa 1900) Dr. and Mrs. B.H. Teague built this home, which has 6 corner fireplaces and one out-building which was the kitchen in the original plan. Their daughter, Elizabeth Teague, who was one of Aiken's most important citizens, lived in this house during her most productive years as a teacher and writer.
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Obituary of Benjamin Hammet Teague, Aiken, South Carolina.
Benjamin Hammet Teague, a prominent member of the United Confederate Veterans' Association, was born in Aiken, S. C., October 20, 1846. His youth was spent in the city of Charleston, and his education was directed by such well-known teachers as B. R. Carroll and Dr. Henry Bruns.
When the guns at the entrance of Charleston harbor opened upon the Star of the West and Fort Sumter, thus commencing the drama of the Confederate War, he burned to volunteer, but parental authority consented only to his becoming a member of the then only boy company of volunteers in the State, the Pickens Rifles, made up of the older pupils of his school. These did valuable camp and guard duty about the city of Charleston. When seventeen years of age, he promptly obeyed the call of his country and joined Company B, Hampton's Legion, South Carolina Volunteers, Gary's Cavalry Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia, and served the Confederacy gallantly until the surrender at Appomattox. During the last few months of the war his health broke down from improper food, but he refused to go to a hospital and did his duty to the end. He prided himself that during his time of service he never missed an engagement with the enemy and was never wounded nor captured.
At the inception of the organization of the United Confederate Veterans he organized Camp Bernard E. Bull, No. 84, at Aiken, S. C., the first camp of continuous existence in the State. He represented his State on the two standing Committees of the U. C. V. Association, the Jefferson Davis Monumental Committee, and the Board of Trustees of the Confederate Memorial Association. He was elected Brigadier General, Commander of the 2d Brigade of the South Carolina Division, U. C. V., and later Major General Commanding the Division.
General Teague was a member of the dental profession and resided and practiced in Aiken, S. C., for forty-eight years.
In 1874 he married Miss Julia Parker, of Edgefield, S. C., who survives him with two daughters.
He was a faithful member of St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church and served for many years as a warden. It was while attending service at his beloved church on February 27, that he received his call to go up higher, and he went from God's earthly tabernacle to a heavenly one. The funeral services were conducted from St. Thaddeus Church, and his body rested for the last night on earth within its sacred walls rested for the last night on earth within its sacred walls under guard of the American Legion, and early the next morning was taken to Charleston, where he was laid to rest in his family lot in historic Magnilia Cemetery. His body was conducted to the grave by an escort of cadets from the Citadel, and while the bugler souded the solemn requiem of "Taps," the color bearer held the Confederate flag over the grave as his body was lowered to its last resting place.
"Now the laborer's task is ended,
Now the battle is past,
Now upon the farther shore,
Lands the voyager at last,
Father, in thy gracious keeping
Leave me now thy servant sleeping."
SOURCE: Confederate Veteran Magazine, Jnauary, 1922.
