Bennett W. Green-- Part 4: Confederate Service

ARMY SERVICE at Culpepper Court House, Virginia, 1861

CSS Pamlico, New Orleans Station

There was a training base and Army hospital at Culpepper Court House, va.

The CSS Pamlico was sidewheel steamer purchased in New Orleans, Louisiana, on 10 July 1862 and placed in commission 2 September, 1861, with Lt. W.G. Dozier in command.

It operated in and around New Orleans and fought Union ships on December 4 and 7, 1861, 25 March 1862 and 4 April 1862.

I was burned on Lake Pontchartran, Louisiana to prevent capture after New Orleans fell.

--Old B-Runner