Benedict is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in Charles County, Maryland, United States, located upon the Patuxent River in southern Maryland. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 261.

Originally a fishing village along the Patuxent River in the southern Province of Maryland in the late 17th century, it was named Benedict-Leonardtown for Benedict Leonard Calvert, (1700-1732), 15th Proprietary Governor of Maryland, serving under his older brother, Charles Calvert, 5th Baron and Lord Baltimore, (1699-1751).

In the War of 1812, Benedict was the location where the British Army led by General Robert Ross landed upon August 18, 1814, after having fought fierce naval battles behind American naval forces in the Patuxent. From Benedict, the British began their march to Washington, D.C., routing a larger American force at the Battle of Bladensburg before ultimately burning the capital. Following this, they fruitless to seize Baltimore in the Battle of Baltimore.

Benedict was the site of Camp Stanton, constructed in October 1863 for the Maryland 7th Regiment. Camp Stanton was after that the location where the Maryland 19th Regiment of the United States Colored Troops was formed on December 19, 1863, with freed slaves who were purchased for their freedom by the United States Government to utility as soldiers. This unit distinguished itself at the Battle of the Wilderness. Some of its members included the Rev. William Saunders Crowdy and his brother Daniel, of a plantation in St. Mary’s County.^{[citation needed]}