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**Flag-of-Truce and Prisoners’ Mail continued...**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
3078		Confederate States, Navy Department, Official Business. Imprint on oversize cover addressed to "Flag Officer Saml. Barron C.S. Navy, Comdg. James River Squadron, Richmond Va.", original contents accompanies which is Navy Dept. General Order dated Nov. 22, 1862 and detailing the hierarchy of command, cover defective but enclosure pristine (Image)	E. 750-1,000
3079		"Due 2". Ms. rate on cover addressed to "Commodore Sam. Barron, C.S. Navy, Norfolk", military origin indicated at top right, fresh and Very Fine	E. 500-750
3080		Samuel Barron. 39 items, mostly pre- and post-war, incl. covers addressed to him, some with imprints such as "C.S. Navy Department, Office of Ordnance and Hydrography", some carried privately, decidedly mixed condition, few appear Fine-Very Fine	E. 1,500-2,000
3081		"Commodore Samuel Barron, Governor's Island, Care of Commanding Officer". Address on cover to Barron as prisoner of war, no postal markings, some slight edgewear VERY FINE. A REMARKABLE COVER TO FAMED CONFEDERATE NAVAL COMMANDER, SAMUEL BARRON, AS A PRISONER OF WAR HELD ON GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, NEW YORK. Samuel Barron left his powerful position as Chief of the Bureau of Detail in the U.S. Navy to offer his services to the Confederacy. He eventually became commander of the naval defenses of Virginia and North Carolina, basing his position at Fort Hatteras. He arrived there the day after the start of a Union bombardment and was forced to surrender the following day, when he was taken prisoner. He was exchanged eleven months later, and served most of the rest of the war in France overseeing the building of blockade-running ships for the Confederacy. According to http://www.rootsweb.co m/~nchyde/FTCLARK2.HTM: "After some hours of negotiation, articles of capitulation were signed aboard Stringham’s flagship, the USS Cumberland. The overall Confederate loss was great, as Barron surrendered some 700 men, 1,000 rifle-muskets and muskets, 31 artillery pieces and two forts...The captured officers and enlisted men of 7th and 10th Regiments were first sent to a military prison on Governor's Island, New York. After about two months, the prisoners were transferred to Fort Warren in Boston harbor...Upon their parole in 1862, the soldiers were returned to North Carolina and those who opted to remain in the Confederate Army were reformed as the 17th Regiment North Carolina Volunteers..." (Image)	E. 1,000-1,500
3082		"S. Barron Esq. C.S.N. Fort Warren Mass." Address on cover to Barron as prisoner of war, ms. "Ex. J.D." examiner's mark, cover tear at left VERY FINE. A REMARKABLE COVER TO CONFEDERATE NAVAL COMMANDER, SAMUEL BARRON, AS A PRISONER AT FORT WARREN, MASSACHUSETTS. As outlined in the previous lot description, Commodore Barron was captured and held by the North as a prisoner. After his release, he travelled to Europe to make arrangements for the blockade-running operations of the Confederacy.	E. 1,000-1,500

Flag-of-Truce and Prisoners’ Mail continued...

Lot

Sym.

Lot Description

3078

Confederate States, Navy Department, Official Business. Imprint on oversize cover addressed to "Flag Officer Saml. Barron C.S. Navy, Comdg. James River Squadron, Richmond Va.", original contents accompanies which is Navy Dept. General Order dated Nov. 22, 1862 and detailing the hierarchy of command, cover defective but enclosure pristine (Image)

E. 750-1,000

3079

"Due 2". Ms. rate on cover addressed to "Commodore Sam. Barron, C.S. Navy, Norfolk", military origin indicated at top right, fresh and Very Fine

E. 500-750

3080

Samuel Barron. 39 items, mostly pre- and post-war, incl. covers addressed to him, some with imprints such as "C.S. Navy Department, Office of Ordnance and Hydrography", some carried privately, decidedly mixed condition, few appear Fine-Very Fine

E. 1,500-2,000

3081

"Commodore Samuel Barron, Governor's Island, Care of Commanding Officer". Address on cover to Barron as prisoner of war, no postal markings, some slight edgewear

VERY FINE. A REMARKABLE COVER TO FAMED CONFEDERATE NAVAL COMMANDER, SAMUEL BARRON, AS A PRISONER OF WAR HELD ON GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, NEW YORK.

Samuel Barron left his powerful position as Chief of the Bureau of Detail in the U.S. Navy to offer his services to the Confederacy. He eventually became commander of the naval defenses of Virginia and North Carolina, basing his position at Fort Hatteras. He arrived there the day after the start of a Union bombardment and was forced to surrender the following day, when he was taken prisoner. He was exchanged eleven months later, and served most of the rest of the war in France overseeing the building of blockade-running ships for the Confederacy. According to http://www.rootsweb.co m/~nchyde/FTCLARK2.HTM: "After some hours of negotiation, articles of capitulation were signed aboard Stringham’s flagship, the USS Cumberland. The overall Confederate loss was great, as Barron surrendered some 700 men, 1,000 rifle-muskets and muskets, 31 artillery pieces and two forts...The captured officers and enlisted men of 7th and 10th Regiments were first sent to a military prison on Governor's Island, New York. After about two months, the prisoners were transferred to Fort Warren in Boston harbor...Upon their parole in 1862, the soldiers were returned to North Carolina and those who opted to remain in the Confederate Army were reformed as the 17th Regiment North Carolina Volunteers..." (Image)

E. 1,000-1,500

3082

"S. Barron Esq. C.S.N. Fort Warren Mass." Address on cover to Barron as prisoner of war, ms. "Ex. J.D." examiner's mark, cover tear at left
VERY FINE. A REMARKABLE COVER TO CONFEDERATE NAVAL COMMANDER, SAMUEL BARRON, AS A PRISONER AT FORT WARREN, MASSACHUSETTS.
As outlined in the previous lot description, Commodore Barron was captured and held by the North as a prisoner. After his release, he travelled to Europe to make arrangements for the blockade-running operations of the Confederacy.

E. 1,000-1,500