[3][4] He was married on October 27, 1853 to Mary Anne, the daughter of Edward and Abigail Frances Kellogg of New Canaan, NY.

On the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, he was among a group of men involved in the successful flank attack on Pickett's Charge, for which he gained the Medal of Honor.

[3] During his nine-month stint in the Army, Benedict wrote back letters to the newspaper, The Burlington Daily Free Press, for publishing.

[5] In 1895 he also published Army Life in Virginia: Letters from the Twelfth Vermont Regiment and Personal Experiences of Volunteer Service in the War for the Union 1862-1863.

Benedict was a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States and the Vermont Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.

Passed through a murderous fire of grape and canister in delivering orders and re-formed the crowded lines.