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Commodore Edward André Gabriel Barrett, United States Navy, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on 4 February 1827 and died of malaria in New York on 31 March 1880...〔(Burial of Commodore Barrett - New York Times )〕 He was buried in the Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in New York. He was a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS) 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MOLLUS--Original Companions, Civil War Officers, Surnames Beginning with the Letter B )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MOLLUS--Prominent Companions of the MOLLUS )〕 and participated as a protagonist, in an active way to the American Civil War, to the development of world power the US and its military fleet, to fight slavery . ==Early life and naval career== The second of six children, he married the Noble Palmira De Ribrocchi of Tortona, Piedmont, Italy, in 1850 in Genoa. Palmira was the daughter of the Noble Giovanni Battista De Ribrocchi and Jousserandot Jeanne Francoise, of the Persange Barons.〔"Tortona insigne" - Un millennio di storia delle famiglie tortonesi - Copertina rigida – 1978 di Berruti Aldo edito dalla Cassa di Rispamio di Tortona;〕 They had four children: Joseph Alfred, Paula Jenny, Virginia M. Elena and Camillo, who became a Garibaldian volunteer.〔;〕 From an article in the ''Army and Navy Journal'',〔Army And Navy Journal April 3, 1880 - Pag 714〕 we learn that he later remarried in America, probably only civilly and had two other children, who were respectively 8 and 3 years old at the time of his death (1880). Edward Barrett’s family, of Creole origins, was one of the most aristocratic of Louisiana. He descended on his mother side, from Marquis De Villiers, commander in chief of the French forces, to whom Washington surrendered after Braddock’s defeat.(Fort Necessity).His father, Thomas Barrett, was Collector of the Port of New Orleans for 15 years. This assignment was personally given to him by President Jackson. His mother, Marie Henriette Griffon d’Anneville, was from New Orleans. He entered the US Navy at the age of 13. On 3rd November 1840 he was appointed (Aspiring) Sub-lieutenant and assigned to the Corvette Warren and USS Levant in the Bay of Pensacola. He was later transferred aboard the Frigate Macedonian, of the squadron of the West Indies, under Commodore Nickolson's command. His first voyage was aboard the USS Levant, in the West Indies’ team. In July 1842 he was sent to hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. The following August he transferred to the Columbus Frigate, of the squadron of the Mediterranean. Upon arriving at the base he was sent to the Corvette Preble and then again to the Columbus Frigate departing for Brazil.〔The records of living officers of the U.S. navy and Marine corps - p 98〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Gabriel André Barrett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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