Completed the following sentence: After Virginia's fleet was integrated with the Confederate Navy, Barron was issued a commission as commander and appointed chief of the Office of Orders and Details on June 10. Barron<unk>would<unk>remain<unk>in<unk>that<unk>post<unk> until<unk>July 20, when<unk>Confederate<unk>Secretary of the Navy<unk>Stephen R. Mallory<unk>agreed<unk>to<unk>Barron<unk>request<unk>to be<unk>assigned<unk>as<unk>commander<unk>of<unk>coastal<unk>defenses<unk>of<unk>Virginia<unk>and<unk>North<unk>Carolina,<unk>an<unk>important<unk>port<unk>for<unk>Pamlico<unk>Sound<unk>based<unk>Confederate<unk>private<unk>. Arriving at his headquarters on Fort Hatteras on August 28, Barron commanded the defense of both forts
Hatteras and Clark against Union Flag Officer Silas H. Stringham during the Battle of Hatteras Inlet on August 28<unk>29. Barron was captured following the surrender of the two fortresses. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk> Warren, Boston harbor, Barron was eventually released in a prisoner exchange the next year.<unk> Barron was eventually released in a prisoner exchange the next year.