Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Pierson” in year 1864, month March, day 29 of Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864:
...where they arrived at four o'clock this morning, when they immediately surrounded the houses, and captured two sergeants and eighteen privates, with their small-arms, without firing a shot.
Masters Pierson and Wilder had charge of the Minnesota's boats.
The capture was important, as the officers taken prisoners were in the rebel signal service.
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