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Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions, LLC Sale: 770

Union Civil War Postal History
Prisoner of War Covers, Northern Prisons
Louisiana
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 60
Symbol: C
Cat No: New Orleans Common Street

image Common Street Prison - New Orleans, La. (Hewitt, Norton & Co. Bldg.), Cover from Lt. James R. Y. Fendall, one of only 58 Confederate Marine Officers, a P.O.W. at the Common Street Prison, to his father in Washington D.C.; franked with a 3¢ rose tied by a New Orleans target duplex, Oct 13, 1864; manuscript "Examined J.P.C." by Maj. James Price Canby, U.S. Army, Very Fine, The only recorded P.O.W. cover from a Confederate Marine and the only cover recorded from this prison.


Fendall, a second cousin to Robert E. Lee, was captured at Fort Gaines, Dauphin Island, Ala, on Aug 8, 1864, where he refused to sign the document of surrender. On October 13th, the day his letter passed through the New Orleans post office, he escaped from the prison in New Orleans and eventually returned to service. Fendall's brother, Philip R. Fendall, Jr., was a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. (Image)

Estimate $750-1,000

Opening US$ 950.00
Sold...US$ 950.00


Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:34:55 EST
Sold For 950
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