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H.R. Harmer GPN, Inc. Sale: 3036

United States
Confederate States Prisoner Letters and Covers
Sale No: 3036
Lot No: 2745
Symbol: img s
Cat No: 65

image 1864 Camp Oglethorpe Prison Letter, envelope addressed to "Mrs E R McNary/ Washington Pa" with US 1861 3c Rose (65) tied by cork killer with a nice strike of "Old Point Comfort Va Jul 24" cds alongside, ms on back side "Pa's prisoner letters/ May 4th 1864" and with the original enclosure datelined "Macon Georgia/ May 4 1864" (home of the Camp Oglethorpe Prison), Very Fine and choice; the Oglethorpe prison did not open until May 1, 1864, likely making this letter the earliest known from the prison.rnThis cover pictured and described, along with other covers in the McNary correspondence, in "Confederate Philatelist" Vol 6 No 10 (Oct 1961, the original journal is included with the lot). Lt. McNary's service in the Pennsylvania 103rd Regiment Volunteers is also described in detail including his capture during action at Plymouth NC, transport to Andersonville Prison, and subsequent transfer to Oglethorpe. rnrnCamp Oglethorpe Prison was located near Macon, Georgia. It was used to confine Union military officers during the last full year of the Civil War, 1864. The officers survived well. No ill-treatment was noted by the over 1,600 officers confined at Macon. Only one officer was shot and killed by a Confederate sentinel for crossing the dead line. The camp was located south of Macon on a sandy incline formerly used as the county fairgrounds. Shelter was provided for the Union prisoners as well as water and wood for heating. The old Floral Hall, a one-story frame building located in the center of the fairground, was used to house 200 men. A stockade 16 feet high and similar in construction to the Andersonville stockade, surrounded the enclosure.rnrnA raid on Macon in late July by General George Stoneman's cavalry persuaded Confederate authorities to remove prisoners from Macon to Charleston and Savannah. By the end of September 1864, the prison virtually ceased operation. (Image)

CV. 500

Opening US$ 950.00
Sold...US$ 950.00


Closed..Dec-09-2020, 18:07:24 EST
Sold For 950

Sale No: 3036
Lot No: 2746
Symbol: img s

image Libby Prison, Richmond Va., orange buff inner cover endorsed "From Libby Prison by a Prisoner of War" at upper left, entered mails and with crisp strike of "Old Point Comfort Va. May 3" double circle datestamp, addressed to "Capt. Ezra Clark, Middletown Conn", Very Fine and choice, covers actually endorsed "Libby Prison" are scarce; signed KaufmannrnrnLibby Prison was used almost exclusively for officers, though it was also the receiving depot for prisoners through Richmond. Thus, enlisted men would come to Libby Prison, be registered as POWs, and then be transferred elsewhere (Belle Isle, Pemberton, etc). The officers who stayed at Libby were crowded inside a three-story former tobacco factory in sparsely furnished rooms that exposed them to the elements; they often also suffered from severe food shortages. Shortly after a Feb 1864 prison break, Confederate officials began transferring Libby's population to Georgia, with the facility being used as a place of temporary confinement for the next year. After Richmond fell on April 2, 1865, former Confederate officials became Libby's newest inmates (Image)

CV. 250

Opening US$ 250.00
Sold...US$ 250.00


Closed..Dec-09-2020, 18:07:55 EST
Sold For 250

Sale No: 3036
Lot No: 2747
Symbol: img s

image Rock Island Barracks (Rock Island, Ill.), inbound money letter cover to prisoner John W. Howell in "Barracks 43", franked with CSA 1863 10 Blue (Scott 12) and + US 1861 3c Rose (Scott 65, faulty) but both uncancelled, ms "$5 U.S. Currency" with pencilled "Through the lines" endorsement above erased, pencil "ex" examiner's marking below stamps and light "C" in red crayon indicating cover containing currency; cover reduced and with erasures (cleaning) at left, Fine use; accompanied by with detailed biography of Howell "... a rather indifferent soldier in one of the Confederacy's most remarkable regiments" & 1999 C.S.A. certificate.rnThe Rock Island Barracks was established in December 1863 to hold Confederate prisoners of war. It occupied a 12 acre site with 84 wood framed barracks and surrounded by a 12 foot fence. A separate hospital complex housed the sick prisoners. A total of 12,192 prisoners were housed at the barracks and 1,964 of those died at the camp and were buried at the Confederate Cemetery. At the peak some 8694 prisoners were kept at the camp and were guarded by 2388 guards. The barracks held prisoners until July 1865. (Image)

CV. 200

Opening US$ 220.00
Sold...US$ 220.00


Closed..Dec-09-2020, 18:08:19 EST
Sold For 220
Sale No: 3036
Lot No: 2748
Symbol: img s

image Salisbury Prison, Salisbury N.C., two strikes of blue "Cornish Flat N.H. April 28" cds on 1862 cover with stamp (US 1861 3c Rose) replaced at upper right, addressed to "Albert S. Hall, Prisoner of War, Salisbury, N. Carolina, via Norfolk, Virginia"; top back flap missing and slight soiling, Fine appearance; mainly because of the relatively smaller prison populations, early mail from the Sept 1861 -May 1862 routed via Norfolk is rarer than POW mail after 1862, Hall was paroled shortly after this envelope was posted.rnrnPrivate Albert L. Hall was a 21-year-old Cornish NH resident when he enlisted in May of 1861 in Co. I, NH 2nd Infantry. He was taken prisoner at Bull Run (1st Manassas). Military records show him confined at Richmond and then sent to New Orleans, La. Confederate government bought land for the prison on November 2, 1861, and the first prisoners arrived on December 9, 1861. Records show Hall as released 5-24-62 (place not stated).rn (Image)

CV. 100

Opening US$ 100.00


Closed..Dec-09-2020, 18:12:47 EST
Sold For 0
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