Name:  La-Porte, Frank

Enlistment Date:  1862/00/00

Enlistment Information:  Alabama, Machinist

Branch:  Navy

Regiment:  Yard at Selma, Alabama

Comments:  Transfered to torpedo boat 1863 and sent to Fort Morgan. After the torpedo boat sank, sent to Navy yard at McIntosh Bluff. Left McIntosh Bluff, with his family, in a flat boat 1865, floated to Mobile and swore his allegiance to United States. The vetera

Source:  "Help Save Our Sailor's Records" information form 1923/02/08.