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THBLibby POW and Acting Master Walter E.H. Fentress, USN, Signed CDV
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LiveNov 17, 2017 - Nov 18, 2017
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Albumen carte de visite of Walter E.H. Fentress, autographed in lower margin, "Yrs truly / Fentress." Verso imprint of J.W. Taft, Artist, Oak Gallery, Memphis, TN.
Walter Fentress likely joined the navy as an ordinary seamen as early as 1849. He likely participated in Commodore Perry’s historic expedition to Japan in July 1853 and by the time of the Civil War had attained the rank of mate in December 1861. Fentress became acting ensign in August 1862 and was acting master from January 1863. He was captured in Rodney, MS on September 13, 1863, and confined at the notorious Libby prison until October 1864. After his stay at Libby, Fentress returned to shipboard duty in command of the USS Mist until the end of the war. He then served aboard the USS Canandaigua, reefing the Far East and Japan before resigning in September 1867. After the navy, he lived the rest of his life in Michigan and died in 1892. The Fentress Papers, 1858-1892, are in the collection of the Rutgers University Library.
A rare, never-before-seen view of Fentress.
Trimmed along top and bottom edges, with portion of 3 cent internal revenue stamp on mount verso.Condition
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