Thursday, March 26, 2015

Action in Louisiana

MARCH 26-27TH, 1865:  A detachment of sailors led by Acting Ensign Peyton H. Randolph of the USS Benton joined troops under the command of Brigadier General B.G. Farar in a combined expedition to Trinity, Louisiana,  where they captured a small number of Confederate soldiers as well as horses, arms and stores.

--Old B-Runner

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