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American Civil War
Sixth Regiment Infantry
eastward of Baton Rouge, for the purpose of capturing Charles M. Conrad, who had been Secretary of War under President Fillmore, and then a prominent rebel, and a Mr. Benton. At Benton's Ferry, about 40 miles out, they encountered a rebel force and had a running fight with them for about two miles, taking some prisoners including Benton, and a large number of horses, mule teams, and a supply of camp stores, destroying their camp at White Church. Among the stores taken were barrels of mess pork marked U. S. A. This accomplished, the command returned to Baton Rouge.
Michigan Civil War
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