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From the M. James Stevens Collection. An excerpt from the "Official Records of the Union & Confederate Navies Volume 25" detailing a directive from Lt. Commander Jas. A. Greer of the 4th District Mississippi Squadron to Acting Vol. Lieutenant J. Laning on the USS Rattler commanding him to dispose of property belonging to captured men as though they were deserters, during the American Civil War.
23 November 1863
From the M. James Stevens Collection. An excerpt from the "Official Records of the Union & Confederate Navies Volume 25" detailing the naval presence by both armies near Rodney, Mississippi.
From the M. James Stevens Collection. An excerpt from the "Official Records of the Union & Confederate Navies Volume 25" detailing a directive from Lt. Commander Jas. A. Greer of the 4th District Mississippi Squadron to Acting Lieutenant C. A. Wright on the USS Forest Rose to commandeer a ferry near Rodney, Mississippi. Greer also approves "Laning" on the USS Rattler's request to dismantle the ferry six months later.
From the M. James Stevens Collection. A document detailing the Navy service record for Walter E. H. Fentress from his enlistment as a seaman, to his capture as a prisoner of war in Rodney, Mississippi, to his discharge in 1867.
From the M. James Stevens Collection. An excerpt from the "Official Records of the Union & Confederate Navies Volume 27" reporting that Walter E. H. Fentress was the Acting Master commanding the USS Mist running between Osceole to Gayoso Landing in Arkansas on May 4, 1865.
04 May 1865
From the M. James Stevens Collection. A summary of the battle at Rodney Presbyterian Church on September 13, 1863 between Acting Master Walter E. H. Fentress commanding the USS Rattler and Confederate forces. Fentress and his men left his ship to attend services at the church, and Confederate forces began a surprise attack and took Fentress and others as prisoners of war. Summary written by M. James Stevens using information attained from the "Officlal Records 'Naval Forces on Western Waters Log of USS Rattler'" published by the US Navy.
17 January 1971
