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Alabama Civil War Service Database
Last Name: Benson
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Branch: Marines
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Company Unit: D
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Authority: RG 45, National Archives, David M. Sullivan, Compiler
First Name: Oscar    MI:
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Remarks: Company Pay Roll, June 1863--not paid. Discharged per order of the Secretary of the Navy 6/17/1863 to accept appointment as Acting 3rd Assistant Engineer, CSN on 6/2/1864. Captured at Battle of Mobile Bay 8/5/1864 on CSS Tennessee.
Remarks con't: Escaped from prison on 10/13/1864 and rejoined Mobile Squadron.
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