Benjamin W. Guthrie-- Part 2: Service on the Mississippi River and Wilmington and Charleston Squadrons.

At New Orleans. B.W. joined his relatives aboard the CSS Red Rover, which, in March 1862, towed the floating battery New Orleans  to Island No. 10.  There, he managed to escape frim he New Orleans before it was captured in early April.

He then returned east and served with the Wilmington, North Carolina Squadron and later the Charleston Squadron in South Carolina.

Following the conflict, Benjamin Guthrie moved to New York City  where he worked as a manufacturer's representative for a wallpaper concern.

--Old B-Runner