http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Huger_(American_Revolution)

Benjamin Huger (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 La Fayette, having met him upon his arrival near Georgetown in 1777, and his son Francis Kinloch Huger had a role in getting La Fayette temporarily released from prison at Olomouc in the 1790s.

Benjamin began his military career as a Lieutenant in the Charleston Artillery Company in 1774 and by 1776 had advanced to the rank of Major in the Fifth Regiment of the South Carolina Line. As a military commander, Benjamin Huger was esteemed as one of the most promising officers in the Continental forces. He had whipped his soldiers into shape, bringing “his Regiment into a high state of efficiency,” and as a result earned a reputation as an excellent disciplinarian. However, this talented young officer would not live to reach his full potential. While conducting reconnaissance during a British attack on Charles Town in May of 1779, Benjamin was tragically shot and killed by American forces who had mistaken his party for the approaching enemy.

His grandson was the Confederate General Benjamin Huger.

Benjamin Huger has been recognized by the Daughters of the American Revolution as an American patriot, for service with 5TH Regiment, South Carolina Line, and for being a member of Congress and the 1ST,2ND and 3RD General Assembly. His DAR number is A059029.

Links to additional material:

• http://www26.us.archive.org/stream/frenchblood00fosdrich#page/332/mode/2up - description of Maj. Huger's death and background on his parent's flight from France.
• http://etd.lib.clemson.edu/documents/1211390439/umi-clemson-1644.pdf