BENTON
Ship Name and Designation History
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.
Built c1861, as a Catamaran Snagboat for the US Army |
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).
Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.
- Covers Page 1 (DATE RANGE)
Postmarks
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.
A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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Postmark Type |
Postmark Date |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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Newark NJ |
1863-01-23
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Incoming to the ship at Cairo, IL
Back, receiving mark at Cairo
Other Information
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Civil War Medal
During the Civil War BENTON participated in the following engagements...
Captures of Island Number Ten, Fort Pillow and Memphis in the Spring of 1862
Action with the Confederate ironclad CSS ARKANSAS near Vicksburg, MS. in the Summer of 1862
Yazoo River expedition in summer 1862
Ran past Vicksburg, April 1863 and bombarded Grand Gulf, MS in May
An attack on Fort De Russy, AK. in May
The siege of Vicksburg. In March through May 1864
The Red River expedition, in Louisiana in 1864
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