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Lafayette J Benton


Civil War (Confederate) · Confederate Army

United States of America
Benton, L J - Page 1Benton, L J - Page 1
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Robert Benton chest 003.jpgAdded by: jillbg133Newspaper article remembering the deaths of Lafayette and his brother.
misc. 001.jpgAdded by: jillbg133Scrap of paper found in Lafayette's father's old chest.
3rd LA.jpgrifle.jpgAdded by: jillbg133The 3rd Louisiana Infantry, received over 100 of these rifles in 1861, and armed at least one flank company with them.
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3rd LA.jpgredan.jpgAdded by: jillbg1333rd LA Redan. Battle of Vicksburg
The Southern Record.jpgAdded by: jillbg133In 1866, William H. Tunnard produced a history of the 3rd Louisiana Infantry Regiment in which L.J Benton and J. E. Benton served. The book is available free on-line at http://archive.org/details/southernrecord00tunnrich.
LJ Benton pg.263.jpgAdded by: jillbg133Page from the book A Southern Record by William H. Tunnard.
LJ and EJ pg.381.jpgAdded by: jillbg133Page from the book A Southern Record by William H. Tunnard.
U.S.Confederate Army Casualty Lists and Reports 1861-1865 For LJ and EJ Benton.jpgAdded by: jillbg133U.S.Confederate Army Casualty Lists and Reports 1861-1865 For LJ and EJ Benton.jpg
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3rd Louisiana Redan.jpgAdded by: jillbg133The battle at the crater on Fort Hill or the 3rd Louisiana Redan sketched by artist Fred B. Sowell
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new.jpgAdded by: jillbg133Soldier's Rest Cemetery Photo courtesy of Virgil Roberts
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