CONFEDERATE BELL CAPTURED IN NEW ORLEANS.

SN NSN. This is a fabulous and unique artifact that General Benjamin Butler sent home to Rhode Island as a souvenier and had yoke cast that reads “TAKEN AT NEW ORLEANS BY GEN. B.F. BUTLER 1862 GIVEN IN AID OF SOUTHERN REBELLION TO BE CAST INTO CANNON”. The bronze bell itself is 17″ diameter, 15″ high, is maker marked and dated 1839 and still retains the orig clapper. The massive cast iron yoke is 27″ across, and bell and yoke weigh 151 pounds. General Benjamin Butler was a famous Civil War General and Rhode Island politician and infamous personality in the Deep South. His reign as Military Governor of New Orleans was quite severe to the local inhabitants who gave him the nickname “Beast Butler”. Butler excelled at most everything he did. Although he sympathized with the South and was involved attempting to resolve hostilities before the secession of South Carolina, Butler did become one of the early appointments of Major General of Volunteers. Butler was to capture New Orleans in May of 1862 and became the Administrator of America’s fifth largest city at the start of the war. Regardless of how Southerner’s viewed him, he was a great administrator for the Union and was able, with his brothers aid, to set up business in the lucrative inter-belligerent trade in the commodities of sugar and cotton. Millions of dollars of confiscated cotton and other commodities made their way to the North. At the time of Butler’s death, his net worth was about $7 million. “The source of his fortune is a mystery, but much of it came from New Orleans.” (From Chester Hearn’s LSU published 1997 book “When the Devil Came Down to Dixie, Ben Butler in New Orleans”). What a wonderful relic from New Orleans, the casting on this yoke was not a small job and obviously someone went to great expense. This wonderful relic has sat in the stairway of Mr. Flayderman’s office for over many years. PROVENANCE: Norm Flayderman Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very good overall. Bronze retains a fine patina. Yoke is pitted and raised letters of inscription are painted so they are easily seen. Norm’s children remember painting this artifact and other architectural artifacts when they were young. 4-51207 JS152 (12,500-17,500) – Lot 2114

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2014

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	2114	$12,650.00	CONFEDERATE BELL CAPTURED IN NEW ORLEANS. SN NSN. This is a fabulous and unique artifact that General Benjamin Butler sent home to Rhode Island as a souvenier and had yoke cast that reads “TAKEN AT NEW ORLEANS BY GEN. B.F. BUTLER 1862 GIVEN IN AID OF SOUTHERN REBELLION TO BE CAST INTO CANNON”. The bronze bell itself is 17″ diameter, 15″ high, is maker marked and dated 1839 and still retains the orig clapper. The massive cast iron yoke is 27″ across, and bell and yoke weigh 151 pounds. General Benjamin Butler was a famous Civil War General and Rhode Island politician and infamous personality in the Deep South. His reign as Military Governor of New Orleans was quite severe to the local inhabitants who gave him the nickname “Beast Butler”. Butler excelled at most everything he did. Although he sympathized with the South and was involved attempting to resolve hostilities before the secession of South Carolina, Butler did become one of the early appointments of Major General of Volunteers. Butler was to capture New Orleans in May of 1862 and became the Administrator of America’s fifth largest city at the start of the war. Regardless of how Southerner’s viewed him, he was a great administrator for the Union and was able, with his brothers aid, to set up business in the lucrative inter-belligerent trade in the commodities of sugar and cotton. Millions of dollars of confiscated cotton and other commodities made their way to the North. At the time of Butler’s death, his net worth was about $7 million. “The source of his fortune is a mystery, but much of it came from New Orleans.” (From Chester Hearn’s LSU published 1997 book “When the Devil Came Down to Dixie, Ben Butler in New Orleans”). What a wonderful relic from New Orleans, the casting on this yoke was not a small job and obviously someone went to great expense. This wonderful relic has sat in the stairway of Mr. Flayderman’s office for over many years. PROVENANCE: Norm Flayderman Estate Collection. CONDITION: Very good overall. Bronze retains a fine patina. Yoke is pitted and raised letters of inscription are painted so they are easily seen. Norm’s children remember painting this artifact and other architectural artifacts when they were young. 4-51207 JS152 (12,500-17,500) – Lot 2114 Auction: Firearms - Spring 2014 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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CONFEDERATE BELL CAPTURED IN NEW ORLEANS.