. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . Ellet who ordered the burning of Austin, Mississippi, onMa)r 24, 1863, in retaliation for information furnished bycitizens of that place to Confederates of General Chal-merss command, which enabled them to fire upon aFederal transport. Admiral Porter, hearing that the enemy had collecteda force of twelve thousand men at Richmond, Louisiana,nine miles from Millikens Bend, sent General Edict toGeneral Mowry, at Youngs Point, to act in conjunctionto wake them up. General Mowry promptly acceded tothe request, and with about
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . Ellet who ordered the burning of Austin, Mississippi, onMa)r 24, 1863, in retaliation for information furnished bycitizens of that place to Confederates of General Chal-merss command, which enabled them to fire upon aFederal transport. Admiral Porter, hearing that the enemy had collecteda force of twelve thousand men at Richmond, Louisiana,nine miles from Millikens Bend, sent General Edict toGeneral Mowry, at Youngs Point, to act in conjunctionto wake them up. General Mowry promptly acceded tothe request, and with about twelve hundred men, in com-pany with the marine brigade, in command of GeneralEllet, proceeded to Richmond, where they completelyrouted the advance guard of the rebels, consisting of fourthousand men and six pieces of artillery ; captured a lot ofstores, and the town was completely destroyed in the melee. When the national negro troops at Goodrichs Landinghad been attacked by the rebels, Admiral Porter directedGeneral Ellet to proceed, with the marine brigade, to the V. scene of action, and remain there until everything wasquiet. The hindmost vessel of the brigade, the JohnHaines, arrived there as the rebels were setting fire tothe government plantations, and, supposing her to be anordinary transport, they opened upon her with field-pieces, but were much surprised to have the fire returnedwith shrapnel, which fell in among them, killing andwounding a number. The result was a retreat on thepart of the rebels, and the escape of a number of negroeswhom they had imprisoned. General Ellet resigned from the arm}- Dec. 31, 1864. OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (volunteer)
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