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THB[CIVIL WAR] IDed Confederate Navy CDV Portraits
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A group of five (5) albumen cartes-de-visite of Confederate naval officers, including three identified portraits, highlighted by a portrait of Joseph Nicholson Barney from the William A. Alabaugh Collection. Views include:
1. Three-quarter length standing portrait of Commander Joseph Nicholson Barney in Confederate uniform. Paris, New York & Havana: Penabert & Cie., ca 1863-1865. Modern pencil inscription to verso: "Barney Comm. CSS Florida."
Provenance: William A. Albaugh Collection (pencil inscription to mount verso)
John Nicholson Barney (ca 1818-1899) was a career naval officer, entering the Naval Academy in 1832 and receiving a warrant as a midshipman in the United States Navy in 1835. He served aboard several vessels, including the USS Potomac, USS Colombia, and was acting master of the USS Vincennes. He was a first lieutenant aboard the USS Susquehanna, deployed in the Mediterranean when the Civil War erupted. Once returned to American shores on June 6th, he resigned his commission and joined the Confederate States Navy.
Appointed a lieutenant, he commanded the CSS Jamestown during the famous Battle of Hampton Roads. He captured two brigs and an Accomac schooner. When the Confederates withdrew from Norfolk, the Jamestown was scuttled to block the James River, and its guns were used in the ensuing Battle at Drewry's Bluff, which repulsed the enemy ships. His actions earned him a promotion to commander.
After a brief command of naval operations in Galveston, he was sent to Europe in the spring of 1863 and took command of the Confederate raider the CSS Florida in September. He oversaw her refit at Brest, but was never able to take her to sea due to his ill health. He spent the remainder of the war as a Confederate naval agent in Europe. The portrait, with a Paris backmark, was almost certainly taken during his time in Europe in the latter part of the war.
After the war, he returned to Virginia and entered private business, and was active in Confederate veterans affairs.
2. Three-quarter length standing portrait of John Horry Dent in uniform and kepi. Period ink inscription to verso: "J. Horry Dent / 1863".
John Horry Dent (1840-1864) of Barbour County, Alabama, enlisted with the Confederate Navy on 11 May 1861 as an acting 3rd Assistant Engineer. He first served aboard the CSS McRae (1861-62) and fought in the pivotal Battle of Fts. Jackson and St. Philip, but was captured as a prisoner of war. He was confined at Fort Warren, Massachusetts, throughout the summer of '62 before he was exchanged at Aiken's Landing, Virginia, on 5 August 1862.
He continued his naval service now as a 2nd Assistant Engineer aboard the CSS Louisiana (1862), CSS Chattahoochee (1862-63), CSS Patrick Henry, the CSS Hampton as a part of the James River Squadron (1863), and the CSS Charleston at Charleston Station (1863-64). He was aboard the CS Stemaer Helen/Juno when the ship wrecked and was one of only two survivors. His final post was aboard the CSS Coquette, where he caught yellow fever and perished on 15 July 1864.
An archive of letters written by Dent to his family, mostly his father of the same name, is held at the University of Alabama Special Collections (John Horry Dent papers, MSS-0430).
3. Three-quarter length standing portrait of Acting Midshipman James A. Peters in uniform and naval hat. Boston: J.W. Black. Imprint to verso. Period ink inscription reads: "Yours sincerely / J.A. Peters / Midn. C.S.N."
James A. Peters of Arkansas enlisted and was commissioned as an acting midshipman with the Confederate Navy on 9 July 1861. He first served aboard the CSS Ellis (1861) and the CSS Seabird, but was captured at Roanoke Island on 10 February 1862, though he was paroled just two days later. He then served on the CSS Atlanta but was captured by the USS Weekawken on 17 June 1863 and confined at Fort Warren, Massachusetts, and exchanged at Cox's Wharf, Virginia. He then joined the James River Squadron aboard the CSS Virginia and CSS Richmond.
The portrait was in a photo album of George A. Preston, who was also a prisoner at Fort Warren. The images were published online prior to being sold/
4. Three-quarter length standing portrait in uniform. Boston: J.W. Black. Imprint to verso. Period ink inscription to verso: "Dear Fannie Sam / Yours, 'Bro. Joe.'
5. Full-length standing portrait in uniform. Paris, New York & Havana: Penabert & Cie. Period ink inscription to verso reads "For Miss Agnes." Another hand inscribed "Samuel Brown Jr."
An excellent collection of Confederate naval portraits.
[Civil War, Union, Confederate] [Photography, Early Photography, Historic Photography, Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, Tintypes, Cased Images, Union Cases, Albumen Photographs, CDVs, Carte de Visites, Cartes de Visite, Carte-de-visite, Cartes-de-visite, CDV, Cabinet Cards, Stereoviews, Stereocards, Stereographs] [Navy, Naval History, Brown Water Navy, David Glasgow Farragut, David Dixon Porter, Battle of Mobile Bay, Battle of New Orleans, Blockade, Confederate Blockade]
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