Frank La-Porte, Enlisted 1862, Alabama, Machinist, Navy, Yard at Selma, Alabama
Alabama Department of Archives and History
http://www.archives.state.al.us/civilwar/soldier.cfm?id=113598

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Frank La Porte, enlisted 1862, as machinist, in the Confederate Navy yard, at Selma, Alabama;
transferred, 1863, to a torpedo boat, and sent to Fort Morgan; then sent to the Navy yard at McIntosh Bluff; took oath of allegiance to the United States, 1865. [ADAH.]

North Carolina Sailors Project
Identifying NC Sailors and Marines
http://rblong.net/l-1.html

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The Naval History and Heritage Command, Washington, D. C., may have a service record on him, see: http://www.history.navy.mil