POINT LOOKOUT PRISON, POINT LOOKOUT, MD: 3¢ rose #65 tied by grid handstamp with matching HENDERSON / KY //MAR / 19 / 1864 cds; incoming cover addressed to prisoner Lt. F[rank] C. Barnes, Co “G” 56 Va  and endorsed "Ward 11 B.1" and “paid 3 cts” at top, ink stain at top right corner. Captured at Gettysburg at Pickett’s Charge, one of the Immortal Six held under fire of their own guns. See Kaufmann article in ASDA magazine on this website for this story of retaliation and retribution. [KY] [[MD] [VA] $500.

Lt. Francis Cargill Barnes (1835-1910) enlisted 7-12-61 at Charlotte, Va. as a Private in Co. G. 56th Virginia Infantry (Charlotte Defenders) and rose to 2nd and then 1st Lieutenant. He was captured during Pickett’s Charge at stonewall at Gettysburg 7-3-63 and confined first at Fort McHenry and then subsequently at Johnson’s Island, Fort Delaware and Old Capitol Prison; sent to Charleston SC 20 Aug 64, transferred to Ft. Pulaski Ga 21 Oct 64 and Hilton Head SC on 19 Nov ’64 and was on the rolls there 1 Jan ‘65 – one of the “Immortal 600”. Received back at Ft. Delaware 12 June 1865 where took the oath of allegiance 6-12-65 at Ft.Delaware and was released. Attended the 35th Anniversary Reunion at Gettysburg and was able to identify the tree where he and Capt. George Finley formed their company for Pickett’s Charge. He was a resident of Chase City, Mecklenburg Co, Va, a farmer who never married. Sources: Military records plus Biographical Roster of the Immortal Six Hundred.