From the Civil War in Northeast North Carolina Blog.
Continued from Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016.
"Autographs of Prisoners Confined at Fort Warren December 12th, 1861. This was a letter book owned by Robert Renwick of Baltimore, Maryland. He was released on parole Feby. 10th 1862."
Robert Renwick was a noted cabinet maker from Baltimore who was arrested for aiding the Southern Cause by procuring a large number of concealed weapons and enlisting men into the Confederate Army.
One of the men signing the book was Alexander M. DeBree.
--Old B-R'er
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