 antoine v bellande antoine v bellande osarep tue 3232010 1606 let us now return to the life of antoine v bellande it is generally believed he settled in ocean springs about 1851 in new orleans he purchased a baltimore built schooner  john randolph  and took it to pascagoula where he embarked in the lumber business transporting south mississippi timber to galveston texas for export during the early years of the civil war captain bellande ran the union blockade for the confederacy making many trips to cuba for cargoes of food tobacco paper gin and munitions it was a lucrative business he once had 20000 worth of cuban tobacco stored in biloxi it was stolen from him but he later caught the guilty party it has been reported that bellande completed his last voyage with southern contraband just three days before farragut captured new orleans in april 1862 eliminating it as a blockade running port his schooner was commandeered and he found himself transporting brick from new orleans to ship island for the completion of fort massachusetts work on the island fort had commenced in 1856 by the united states and was interrupted by a hurricane in 1860 a confederate force seized the outpost in january 1861 union forces recaptured ship island in september 1861   lr antoine v bellande  18291918  mary catchot bellande  18601931  eva camba chance  18801914  john m dunn 18531932   and elizabeth catchot camba dunn  18541927  courtesy of walter f camba jr  19121999 126 views  