It was LT Berryman and his USS Wyandotte that gave Slemmer and his men a ride from Barrancas to Fort Pickens in January 1861 and saved that fort for the Union. While holding station in vicinity of Fort Pickens, LT Berryman succumbed to "brain fever."
He died 10 days before the Civil War began.
He died 10 days before the Civil War began.
It was LT Berryman and his USS Wyandotte that gave Slemmer and his men a ride from Barrancas to Fort Pickens in January 1861 and saved that fort for the Union. While holding station in vicinity of Fort Pickens, LT Berryman succumbed to "brain fever."
He died 10 days before the Civil War began.
He died 10 days before the Civil War began.
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