Benton, L J - Page 1
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Added by: jillbg133Newspaper article remembering the deaths of Lafayette and his brother.
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Added 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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Added 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.
Added by: jillbg133Page from the book A Southern Record by William H. Tunnard.
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Added by: jillbg133The battle at the crater on Fort Hill or the 3rd Louisiana Redan sketched by artist Fred B. Sowell
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Photo courtesy of Virgil Roberts
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