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Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions, LLC Sale: 770

Union Civil War Postal History
Prisoner of War Covers, Northern Prisons
South Carolina
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 189
Symbol: C
Cat No: Beaufort Hospital

image Beaufort Hospital - Beaufort, S.C., Money letter to Lt. Mark S. Bradburn, Co. I, 16th Ark. Regiment, addressed to Bradburn, "Prisoner of War, Beaufort Hospital, Beaufort, S.C."; franked with a target-canceled 3¢ rose and postmarked Lancaster, Mo. c.d.s., Nov 2 (1864); red manuscript "Contained $5.00 US. Bills"; stamp slightly damaged, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. Only 40 sick C.S.A. prisoners were held here at this time. This is the only recorded P.O.W. cover to or from this facility.


Bradburn was one of the "Immortal 600", sent to the hospital at Beaufort, S.C. before the others were placed under fire on Morris Island. A photocopy of the page recording his admission to the hospital notes that he was captured at Port Hudson, La. on July 9, 1863 and that "All this list of Prisoners…are part of the Six Hundred sent from Fort Delaware for Morris Island" . (Image)

Estimate $1,800-2,000

Opening US$ 1,100.00
Sold...US$ 1,100.00


Closed..Jun-14-2022, 14:37:08 EST
Sold For 1100

Sale No: 770
Lot No: 190
Symbol: C
Cat No: Hilton Head Prison

image Military Prison - Hilton Head, S.C., Flag of Truce cover from Capt. Henry W. Home [3rd N.C. Troops], a prisoner at Hilton Head, to Fayetteville, N.C.; entered the C.S.A. mails at Charleston, S.C. with a four-margin 10¢ blue type I tied by a Charleston c.d.s., Jan 8 (1865); Union censor's penciled "Ex", Very Fine. One of only nine recorded from this facility.


Capt. Horne was one of the "Immortal 600" sent down from Fort Delaware. (Image)

Estimate $1,500-1,800

Opening US$ 850.00
Sold...US$ 850.00


Closed..Jun-14-2022, 14:37:29 EST
Sold For 850

Sale No: 770
Lot No: 191
Symbol: C
Cat No: Hilton Head Prison

image Military Prison - Hilton Head, S.C., Flag of Truce cover from Pvt. Maynard N. Colley, 3rd Ga. Infantry, who was captured Dec 6, 1864 and confined at Hilton Head, S.C., to his mother at Newnan P.O., Coweta Co., Ga.; entered the C.S.A. mails at Charleston S.C. with a partial Charleston c.d.s., Jan 7 1865 and a handstamped (due) "10"; censor's penciled "Ex" mostly erased; slightly stained at the top, Fine. One of only nine recorded from this facility. (Image)

Estimate $1,500-1,800

Opening US$ 850.00
Sold...US$ 850.00


Closed..Jun-14-2022, 14:37:50 EST
Sold For 850

Sale No: 770
Lot No: 192
Symbol: C
Cat No: Morris Island Stockade

image Stockade - Morris Island, S.C., Flag of Truce cover from Lt. Sanford Branch, 8th Ga. Regiment, one of the "Immortal 600", brought from Fort Delaware to be placed under fire on Morris Island, to his mother in Savannah, Ga.; entered the C.S.A. mails at Charleston S.C. with a Nov 1 (18640 c.d.s. and a handstamped (due) "10"; docketed as written "Oct 9", Very Fine. One of 23 recorded to or from here.


There was originally an enclosure - not present - datelined "Morris Island Oct. 9, 1864" . (Image)

Estimate $1,800-2,000

Opening US$ 900.00


Closed..Jun-14-2022, 14:38:12 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 770
Lot No: 193
Symbol: C
Cat No: Morris Island Stockade

image Stockade - Morris Island, S.C., Adversity cover from Charleston, S.C. to Lt. W.E. Johnson, 7th S.C. Cavalry, one of the "Immortal 600" under fire on Morris Island; sent "Care of Lieut. Col. J.F. Lay, A.A. General, Charleston S.C."; no postage required, exchanged by local Flag of Truce; prison censor's red manuscript "Ex J0C"; envelope fashioned from an unused partly-printed Court form; cosmetically refolded at the top, Fine to Very Fine. One of 23 recorded to or from here. (Image)

Estimate $1,800-2,000

Opening US$ 900.00


Closed..Jun-14-2022, 14:38:28 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 770
Lot No: 194
Symbol: C
Cat No: Morris Island Stockade

image Stockade - Morris Island, S.C., Flag of Truce cover from Lt. Chapman Byrd Eastham [10th Va. Infantry], one of the "Immortal 600", brought from Fort Delaware to be placed under fire on Morris Island, to his wife in Harrisonburg, Va.; 10¢ blue type I tied by an inconspicuous Charleston S.C. c.d.s., Sep. 24, 1864; lightly penciled "Ex H." by Col. Edward N. Hallowell at the upper left; vertical file fold, Fine to Very Fine. One of only four recorded covers from here that were franked with Confederate stamps. (Image)

Estimate $1,800-2,000

Opening US$ 900.00


Closed..Jun-14-2022, 14:38:43 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 770
Lot No: 195
Symbol: C

image Prison Ship U.S.S. Dragoon - Off Hilton Head, S.C., Cover and letter from Col. W.H. Forney, 10th Alabama (Infantry), one of the 50 Confederate officers brought from Fort Delaware to be placed under fire on Morris Island, Charleston S.C., to his wife in Jacksonville, Ala.; sent unfranked with Charleston S.C. c.d.s., Aug 2 (1864) a handstamped "PAID/10" for C.S.A. postage; censors' manuscript "Exd E.N.S." and "Appd N. Soule Cpt aag".

The letter, which has been completely separated into six pieces and hinged back together - the sixth piece missing - is Forney's handwritten list of "Names of the fifty Confederate Officers sent from Ft. Delaware to be placed under fire in retaliation for the fifty Union Officers confined in the City of Charleston". 47 names are listed, Forney being number 48. The last two are presumably on the missing piece of the letter. Fine to Very Fine, signed B. Green. (Image)

Estimate $1,200-1,500

Opening US$ 900.00
Sold...US$ 900.00


Closed..Jun-14-2022, 14:39:23 EST
Sold For 900

Sale No: 770
Lot No: 196
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1864

image Prison Ship U.S.S. Dragoon - Off Hilton Head, S.C., Cover from J. Holliday Robinson, a P.O.W. at Fort Delaware, to Col. W.H. Forney [10th Alabama Infantry], one of the 50 Confederate officers brought from Fort Delaware to be placed under fire at Morris Island, Charleston S.C.; addressed to Forney, "Prisoner of War at or near Cummings Point, Charleston Harbor, S.C."; Fort Delaware examiner's "Prisoner's Letter" oval handstamp and Delaware City, Del. c.d.s., Jul 27 (1864). Forney was exchanged Aug 2, so the cover was forwarded through the lines to Charleston, S.C. where it was handstamped "Paid/10" and manuscript "Chge Box 392 H.W.F. all AAG"; forwarded a second to Jacksonville, Ala.; U.S. stamp removed at exchange point, opened roughly at the right, Fine. One of just five known from the Dragoon.


The 50 officers were held aboard the Dragoon for 31 days before being exchanged for the 50 Union officers who had been held under fire in the city of Charleston S.C. (Image)

Estimate $1,200-1,500

Opening US$ 750.00
Sold...US$ 750.00


Closed..Jun-14-2022, 14:39:46 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 770
Lot No: 197
Symbol: C

image Steamer Crescent City - Off Morris Island, S.C., Cover from Lt. W.T. Bishop, Co. 16th Ala. Infantry, one of the "Immortal 600" brought from Fort Delaware to be placed under fire on Morris Island (Charleston S.C.); written aboard the Crescent City, to Bexar, Ala.; exchanged by local Flag of Truce with Charleston c.d.s., Sep 2, 1864 and handstamped "PAID/10" for C.S.A. postage, five days before the prisoners landed; censor's faint penciled "Exd", Very Fine. One of only four recorded.


Included is a photocopy of Bishop's record at Fort Delaware showing that he was one of the "Rebel Officers forwarded to Hilton Head, S.C., Aug. 20, 1864." . (Image)

Estimate $1,200-1,500

Opening US$ 700.00
Sold...US$ 700.00


Closed..Jun-14-2022, 14:40:19 EST
Sold For 700
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