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Union Civil War Postal History Prisoner of War Covers, Northern Prisons Massachusetts
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 102
Symbol: C
Cat No: Boston Fort Warren
Fort Warren - Boston, Mass., Cover from Col. Edmund C. Cook, Co. H, 32nd Tenn. Regiment, confined at Fort Warren, to Sgt. D.D. Maney of the same unit, a P.O.W. at Camp Chase; 3¢ rose canceled two strikes of the oblong "PAID" alongside a Boston c.d.s., Jul 24 (1862); penciled "Examined, Edw. R. Parry, 1st Lt. 11th Infy, U.S.A." by censor at Fort Warren., Very Fine. Fewer than 50 Prison-to-Prison covers are recorded. (Image)
Estimate $600-800
Opening US$ 350.00
Sold...US$ 350.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:52:24 EST
Sold For 350
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 103
Symbol: C
Cat No: Boston Fort Warren
Fort Warren - Boston, Mass., Cover to Commodore Samuel Barron of the C.S. Navy, "Care Col. J. Dimmick", the Commander at Fort Warren; 3¢ pink embossed envelope canceled by a New York target duplex, Jul 3, 1862; backstamped Boston the next day, Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $600-800
Opening US$ 1,000.00
Sold...US$ 1,000.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:54:10 EST
Sold For 1000
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 104
Symbol: C
Cat No: Boston Fort Warren
Fort Warren - Boston, Mass., Flag of Truce cover to P.O.W. Mark A. Hardin; 3¢ rose pink (one short perf) tied by two targets alongside a clear Old Point Comfort, Va. c.d.s., Mar 21 (1863), Very Fine. Hardin was a Captain in the 1st Georgia Cavalry, though he was captured aboard a blockade runner.
Hardin is one of ten prisoners identified by name in an included photo captioned "Southerners Under Guard By the Prison-Bolts and Walls of Fort Warren". It was taken from a 1910 issue of the quarterly magazine, Review of Reviews. The back of the page is part of an article entitled, "Life in Prisons". (Image)
Estimate $400-500
Opening US$ 350.00
Sold...US$ 350.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:55:03 EST
Sold For 350
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 105
Symbol: C
Cat No: Boston Fort Warren
Fort Warren - Boston, Mass., Flag of Truce cover "Via Fortress Monroe" from James M. Mason, a Confederate Commissioner to Europe to his wife in Winchester, Va.; 3¢ rose pink (64b) tied by a blue Norfolk, Va. c.d.s., Nov 30 (1861) with a manuscript "Due 5" for C.S.A. postage, Very Fine, signed B. Green.
Mason and fellow C.S.A. diplomat, John Slidell, were confined at Fort Warren after being captured at sea in what became known as the "Trent Affair", so-named after the British mail packet, R.M.S. Trent, upon which they were bound for Britain and France to press the Confederacy's case for diplomatic recognition. The Trent was captured by the U.S.S. San Jacinto, commanded by Capt. Charles Wilkes. The incident caused a great diplomatic furor in Britain, threatening diplomatic relations between the United States and the United Kingdom. President Lincoln and his advisors, not wanting to risk war with Britain, disavowed Captain Wilkes's actions and released Mason and Slidell, who resumed their voyage to Britain but failed in achieving diplomatic recognition. No official apology was ever made. (Image)
Estimate $600-800
Opening US$ 1,300.00
Sold...US$ 1,300.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:56:39 EST
Sold For 1300
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 106
Symbol: C
Cat No: Boston Fort Warren
Fort Warren - Boston, Mass., Cover from Brigadier General Henry Roots Jackson, a P.O.W. at Fort Warren from December of 1864, until his release on July 7, 1865; to his sister at "Davisboro, C.R.R., Georgia, U.S. of America"; endorsed by Jackson, "Legn of Gen CSA, Prisoner", meaning the so-called Legion of Generals, referring to the 20 or so Confederate Generals confined at Fort Warren, Fine. (Image)
Estimate $400-500
Opening US$ 1,100.00
Sold...US$ 1,100.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:58:36 EST
Sold For 1100
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 107
Symbol: C
Cat No: Boston Fort Warren
Fort Warren - Boston, Mass., Cover from Col. Edmund C. Cook, Co. H, 32nd Tenn. Regiment, confined at Fort Warren, to Sgt. D.D. Maney of the same unit, a P.O.W. at Camp Chase; 3¢ rose canceled "PAID" alongside a Boston c.d.s., Jul 10 (1862); penciled "Examined Parry" by censor at Fort Warren., Fine to Very Fine. Fewer than 50 Prison-to-Prison covers are recorded. (Image)
Estimate $600-800
Opening US$ 425.00
Sold...US$ 425.00
Closed..Jun-14-2022, 13:59:10 EST
Sold For 425
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 108
Symbol: C
U.S.S. Ocean Queen - Off Fort Warren, Cover from Maj. Samuel K. Hays [2nd Kentucky Mounted Infantry] to his wife in Covington, Ky.; manuscript "At Sea Steamer Ocean Queen, Aug 2nd, 1862" (the same as the enclosed letter's dateline), as Hays was being transferred from Fort Warren to Fort Monroe for exchange; a 3¢ rose is tied by a weak Aug 3 Old Point Comfort c.d.s.; top flap removed and part of it used to repair the missing upper left corner, Fine to Very Fine appearance. The only recorded Ocean Queen P.O.W. correspondence.
In the 3-page letter, Hays writes, "We left Boston Harbor at three oclock & 17 minutes and immediately put to sea. Up to the time of my writing" one oclock "this has been one of the most pleasant trips I have ever taken at sea. The Weather has been fine with but little sea and a fine large Steamer." . (Image)
