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Prisoner of War Covers, Northern Prisons continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
81 cover Point Lookout Camp Hoffman imageCamp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., pen-canceled C.S.A. 10¢ blue type I with a manuscript "Millboro Springs (Va.). 9th May" (1864) on a cover to Jordan D. Ailstock, a P.O.W. at Point Lookout; a U.S. 3¢ rose is tied by a quartered cork cancel with a Jun 4 Old Point Comfort c.d.s. at right; Ailstock was no longer at Point Lookout so the cover was forwarded to Norfolk, Va. with a Jun 9 Point Lookout duplex (which also tied the C.S.A. 10¢, Very Fine.


Ailstock had become a "Galvanized Yankee", taken the Oath of Allegiance and joined the Union Army. In June of 1864, he was on guard duty in Norfolk, Va. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $1,000-1,300
SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
82 cover Point Lookout Camp Hoffman imageCamp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Flag of Truce cover from Hillsville, Va. to Lt. William A. Smith, a P.O.W. at Point Lookout; U.S. 3¢ rose and C.S.A. 10¢ blue type I, both tied by a bold quartered cork cancel alongside a matching Old Point Comfort c.d.s., Aug 14 (1864), the latter also pen-canceled; Smith had been transferred to Fort Delaware, so the cover was forwarded there and handstamped "Due 3"; docketed as received on Aug 27th; both stamps with perforations neatly trimmed off prior to application, Very Fine, signed Kimbrough. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $1,000-1,300
SOLD for $1,200.00
Will close during Public Auction
83 cover Point Lookout Camp Hoffman imageCamp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Money letter - a small, blue-lined lady's envelope with a handmade "mourning" border - to James L. Clarkson, a P.O.W. at Point Lookout; franked with an 3¢ rose, uncanceled as the cover was handled by courier from the exchange point; manuscript "$2/00/100 U.S. Treasury notes"; penciled "Not present" as Clarkson had been released, Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $600-800
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
84 cover Point Lookout Camp Hoffman imageCamp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Flag of Truce cover from Sgt. S.F. Pilson, a P.O.W. at Point Lookout; to Richmond, Va. with a 3¢ rose tied by a Point Lookout target duplex, Oct 5, 1864 with 3¢ rose; entered the C.S.A. mails at Richmond with an Oct 19 c.d.s. and handstamped "DUE 10" in error, a large grid used to obliterate the "DUE 10" and re-rated with a handstamped "Due/2" (type N), the correct rate for local delivery; clear octagonal Examined handstamp without date (PWH-17), Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $500-600
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
85 cover Point Lookout Camp Hoffman imageCamp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Pair of covers between a P.O.W. and his mother; the first from 17-year-old Sgt. William M. Hill [Co. G, 3rd Va. Local Defense Troops] — "The Boy Company of Richmond", to his mother in occupied Richmond; Point Lookout target duplex, Apr 21, 1865 ties a 3¢ rose; undated octagonal Examined handstamp (PWH-17). The second latest recorded use of this marking.

The second cover is an Adversity usage, made of wrapping paper, from Hill's mother in occupied Richmond to the prison via Old Point Comfort, with a 3¢ rose tied by a quartered cork cancel alongside an Apr 30th Old Point Comfort c.d.s.; marked with the manuscript examiner's "G" at the prison.


After the war, William Maury Hill became a very successful, nationally known Banker. Included are two newspaper obituaries from January 1918. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate $500-600
SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
86 cover Point Lookout Camp Hoffman imageCamp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Small cover from a P.O.W. at Point Lookout to Henry H. Ratrie, a P.O.W. at Fort Warren, Boston Harbor; 3¢ rose tied by a Point Lookout target duplex, Oct 12 1864; weak octagonal Examined handstamp (PWH-17); backstamped with an Oct 15th Boston "Received" c.d.s. Fewer than 50 prisoner-to-prisoner covers are recorded. (Image) (Image2)

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87 cover Point Lookout Camp Hoffman imageCamp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., South to North cover to F.M. Alley, a P.O.W. at Point Lookout; franked with a pen-canceled sheet margin 10¢ blue type I (K&B) and postmarked manuscript "Falltown NC, Feb 11 (1865), the stamp then canceled again at Old Point Comfort with an Apr 7 c.d.s. alongside a handstamped "Due 6" for U.S. postage (3¢ x2); with Point Lookout Examiner's manuscript "G"; worn but still Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $1,000-1,300
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88 cover Point Lookout Camp Hoffman imageCamp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Flag of Truce cover from Pvt. Thomas P. Inge, Co. H, 2nd Va. Cavalry, a P.O.W. at Point Lookout; to Appomattox C.H., Va. with 3¢ rose tied by a Point Lookout target duplex, Aug 9, 1864; entered the C.S.A. mails at Richmond with an Aug 24 c.d.s. and handstamped "DUE 10"; light octagonal Examined handstamp (PWH-18) dated Aug 9, 1864; includes original letter to Inge's mother and father. The second day of use of this scarce censor marking. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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89 cover Point Lookout Camp Hoffman imageCamp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Cover from Pvt. J.M. Kern [11th Va. Infantry] to his mother in Smithfield, West Virginia; franked with a target-canceled 3¢ rose pink (64b) alongside a Point Lookout c.d.s., Mar 25 (1864); no examiner's marking from the prison, but marked "Passed, E.D. Yutzy, Maj. Comdg Va." by the provost marshal in West Virginia, Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $400-500
SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
90 cover Point Lookout Camp Hoffman imageCamp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Flag of Truce cover from a Confederate P.O.W. at Camp Hoffman to Henry C.H., Va.; U.S. 3¢ rose tied by a target cancel alongside a (25mm) Point Lookout c.d.s., Feb 29, (1864 - leap year); entered the C.S.A. mails at Richmond with a Mar 9 c.d.s. and a handstamped "DUE 10"; mostly clear large oval Capt. J.N. Patterson "Approved" handstamp (PWH-16); stamp slightly damaged, Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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91 cover Point Lookout Camp Hoffman imageCamp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Flag of Truce cover from R.W. Steger, a P.O.W. at Point Lookout, to his wife "Care of John O. Steger", his father and Postmaster of Richmond; 3¢ rose tied by a Point Lookout target duplex, Dec 10, 1864; nice strike of the prison's octagonal Examined handstamp (PWH-17); apparently handed directly to Steger by a postal clerk, as no Confederate postage was charged; top flap missing and lower right corner slightly clipped, Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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92 cover Point Lookout Camp Hoffman imageCamp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Turned cover to Mr. John N. Pruett, Co H, 47th Va. Regt., a P.O.W. at Point Lookout; posted in occupied Richmond with a 3¢ rose tied by one of two Richmond target duplexes, Jun 18 (1865); red archival docketing "P [for 'Pruett'] June 14/65, Mary S. Pruett, Caroline County, Va."; missing bottom flap, top flap weak, Fine. Late usage to Point Lookout as all prisoners healthy enough to travel were released by the end of June.


First usage - with a colorless embossed corner card on the flap for Paxton & Archer, Richmond Commission Merchants - a "Soldier's due" letter from Pvt. Alexander J. Pugh, 47th Va. Regt., Winchester, Va., Jul. 18 (1864) with a handstamped "DUE/10", to Kirkwood, Caroline Co. Va. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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93 cover Point Lookout Camp Hoffman imageCamp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Flag of Truce cover from Pvt. Hugh D. Smith, Crenshaw's Battery; 3¢ rose tied by a Point Lookout target duplex, Jan 24, 1865; sent to a Richmond address, entering the C.S.A. mails there with a Feb 18th c.d.s. and a handstamped "DUE/2", the correct rate for local delivery; very faint octagonal Examined handstamp from the prison at the upper left (PWH-17), Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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94 cover Point Lookout Camp Hoffman imageCamp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Cover from Pvt. Thomas Lear [18th Va. Cavalry], a P.O.W. at Point Lookout, to Pvt. Mitchel Poling [13th Va. Infantry]; a prisoner at Fort Delaware; Point Lookout target duplex, Jun 14, 1864, ties a 3¢ rose pink (64b); sent "In care of Capt. Ahl", who was in charge of the prisoners at this time, Fine to Very Fine. One of fewer than 50 recorded prisoner-to-prisoner covers. (Image) (Image2)

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95 cover Point Lookout Camp Hoffman imageCamp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Pair of 1864 covers from two different Indiana towns to Thomas F(ranklin) Andrew, a P.O.W. at Point Lookout; each franked with a 3¢ rose, the first grid-canceled alongside a Westfield, Ind. c.d.s., Jun 13 (1864), the second pen-canceled with a manuscript postmark, "Dennis Ind, June 7th". Both writers were originally from the same area near Durham, N.C. as the addressee and all knew each other before the war. The first includes the original letter from friend, Solomon Henshaw, who hopes that Andrew will never return "to the land of rebellion", Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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96 cover Point Lookout Camp Hoffman imageCamp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Prisoner's smuggled letter from Sgt. Hugh Davis Smith, a P.O.W. at Point Lookout, datelined "Prisoners Camp, Dec 21st 1863", to "My Loving Mother, Kind Brother & Fond Sisters". Three clues lead to the conclusion that the letter was smuggled: 1.) the letter is written on both sides of the sheet - against regulations; 2.) Smith signed only his initials: "H" on the main letter and "HDS" on a postscript - another violation; and 3.) in the letter he wrote, "An opportunity has offered itself by some of my fellow prisoners…who leave on tomorrow for the South"…"This will have to go in the black.", Fine to Very Fine. Very rare. (Image) (Image2)

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97 cover Point Lookout Camp Hoffman imageCamp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Missent & forwarded cover to Pvt. G. W. Welsh, Co. K, 51st Va. Volunteers, "care of A.G. Ready Provost Marshal, Point Lookout, Md."; misdirected South instead of North, ending up at Port Royal, S.C. in Federal hands; handstamped "MlSSENT" and forwarded to Old Point Comfort, Va. where a 3¢ rose was canceled on Feb 17 (1865); two different manuscript examiners' markings: "Exd MF" at Old Point Comfort and "G" at Point Lookout; red archival docketing "W [for 'Welsh'] Jan. 29, 1865, From E.F. Welsh, Grayson Co., Va.", Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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98 cover Point Lookout Camp Hoffman imageCamp Hoffman - Point Lookout, Md., Missent & forwarded Flag of Truce cover franked with a 3¢ rose tied by a neat Point Lookout target duplex, May 16, 1864; to Mr. J.A. McDade, Cedar Grove, Orange Co. N.C. but sent in error to Orange, N.J., where it was marked "Missent" and forwarded with a May 20 Orange, New Jersey, c.d.s.; entered the C.S.A. mails at Richmond, with a Jun 3 c.d.s. and a handstamped "DUE 10"; stamp damaged by edge placement, otherwise Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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99 cover Point Lookout Hammond Hospital imageHammond Hospital - Point Lookout, Md., Cover from Portsmouth, Va. to Mr. Samuel P. Russ, Co. D, Huger's Battery, a P.O.W., in "Ward no. 12, Tent no. 1" (Hammond Hospital) Point Lookout, Md.; 3¢ rose tied by a fancy blue cork cancel above a matching May 1 (1865) Plymouth; the cover contained $1 for the prisoner as indicated by the censor's "66 [letter no.?]/$1.00, MHc."; additionally marked with a manuscript "Died May 10/65", Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $600-800
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100 cover Point Lookout Hammond Hospital imageHammond Hospital - Point Lookout, Md., Cover from Capt. John J. Miller [12th Regt. Mo. State Guard Cavalry] to his future wife in St. Louis; 3¢ rose canceled by Point Lookout target duplex, May 8, 1864; included is a photocopy of a portion of the original letter [not present] dated May 2, which Miller described Ward No. 2 of the hospital as follows:

"The hospital buildings fifteen in number are arranged in a circle with a covered walk connecting them. Each building has 80 little iron cots each supplied with comfortable mattresses, sheets, pillowcases, tables, & chairs. The walls are ornamented with woodcut engravings of the different battles etc. We have the privilege of walking almost where we want down by the shore and No Yank with loaded gun in sight." [only a part of this description is visible in the copy], Very Fine. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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101 cover Point Lookout Hammond Hospital imageHammond Hospital - Point Lookout, Md., Cover sent through Old Point Comfort, Va. with a 3¢ rose canceled May 19 (1865); to Stephen W. Southall, "Co. A, 19th Va. Battalion, General Custis Lee's Command, A.N.Va.", a prisoner in "Ward No. 8, [Hammond] Hospital, Point Lookout, Maryland"; the cover contained $2 for the prisoner as indicated by the censor's "16 [letter no.?]/$2.00, ACP", Very Fine. One of only ten recorded covers to Hammond Hospital prisoners. (Image) (Image2)

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102 cover Boston Fort Warren imageFort 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) (Image2)

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Estimate $600-800
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
103 cover Boston Fort Warren imageFort 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) (Image2)

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Estimate $600-800
SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
104 cover Boston Fort Warren imageFort 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) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Estimate $400-500
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
105 cover Boston Fort Warren imageFort 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) (Image2)

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Estimate $600-800
SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction
106 cover Boston Fort Warren imageFort 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) (Image2)

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Estimate $400-500
SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
107 cover Boston Fort Warren imageFort 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) (Image2)

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Estimate $600-800
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
108 cover   imageU.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) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Estimate $1,000-1,300
SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction
109 cover   imageSteamer R.C. Wood - Vicksburg, Miss., Letter from Watson H. Anderson on a U.S. Christian Commission letter sheet datelined "On board the steamer R. C. Wood, Vicksburg, Miss. April 1, 1865"; in his last letter to his family, Anderson tells of having chronic diarrhea for the last month, adding that "I doubt I would weigh 90 pounds." On the final page headed, "Cairo, Ill., April 6, 1865" Anderson expresses doubt that he will make it home and notes that he is so weak that the letter is actually being written "by a delegate of the Christian Commission". A final note from his nurse at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. [not present] to his sister reports his death on April 8, 1865. Multiple toned spots, Fine. The only P.O.W. correspondence to or from the R.C. Wood. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $750-1,000
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110 cover St. Louis Gratiot Street Prison imageGratiot Street Prison - St. Louis, Mo., Cover from a Confederate P.O.W. at St. Louis, Mo. with a 3¢ rose tied by a target and an Oct 8 (1864) St. Louis c.d.s.; to Greensboro, N.C. "Via Old Point Comfort", entering the C.S.A. mails with a very weak partial Richmond, c.d.s. on Nov 1st; manuscript "Due 10" for C.S.A. postage one of only three covers from here to cross the lines. 12 known., Fine to Very Fine. One of only 12 covers to or from Gratiot Street Prison, and one of just three to cross the lines. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
111 cover St. Louis Gratiot Street Prison imageGratiot Street Prison - St. Louis, Mo., Money letter to prisoner, Elias P. Brewer, "Gratiot St. Military Prison, St. Louie. Mo."; pen-canceled 3¢ rose with manuscript postmark "Salisbury, Mo. Apr 1" (1865); Brewer had been sent to Alton, Ill. as evidenced by the notation "Alton, Ill. April 6th"; censor's "Exd" and "75 cents" at Alton; red docketing roughly erased breaking paper slightly, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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112 cover St. Louis Marine Hospital imageMarine Hospital - St. Louis, Mo., Small cover addressed to to "Lieut Paul L. de Clouet [Co. G, Orleans Guards Regiment], Marine Hospital, St Louis, Mo", apparently hand-carried from his brother, also a P.O.W., at nearby Gratiot Street Prison. Included is a photocopy of a page from the hospital's records showing de Clouet's admission (Apr 19) and discharge ("Sent to prison Apr 25 /62") dates from the Hospital, his "complaint" being "Gun Shot", Very Fine.


THIS IS THE ONLY RECORDED P.O.W. COVER TO OR FROM THE ST. LOUIS MARINE HOSPITAL.

There was originally an enclosure [not present] headed, "McDowell's College Prison, St. Louis, 21st April 1862", from his brother, Sgt. Alex de Clouet, a P.O.W. at what was known as Gratiot Street Prison. The brothers were captured April 7, 1862, as Alex tried to help his wounded brother from the Battlefield at Shiloh, Tenn. Lieut. de Clouet, of the Orleans Guards, was at the newly opened Marine Hospital for only seven days before he was sent to prison. Only known. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $500-600
SOLD for $400.00
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113 cover St. Louis Myrtle Street Prison imageMyrtle Street Prison - St. Louis, Mo., Cover to "James R. Arnold, Myrtle Street Prison, St Louis, Mo"; large Caldonia, Mo., Jun 12 (1864) and target cancel on a 3¢ pink entire; reduced just a bit at the right, Fine.


ONE OF JUST TWO RECORDED COVERS TO THE MYRTLE STREET PRISON.

Arnold was a businessman from Washington County, Mo. who was held for a time for suspicion of Confederate sympathy. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate $750-1,000
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114 cover St. Louis Myrtle Street Prison imageMyrtle Street Prison - St. Louis, Mo., Money letter addressed to "George W. Thomas, mirtle street millitery prisson, St louis mo"; postmark with straightline "PAID" with manuscript "3" and a Macon, Mo. c.d.s., Feb 10(?) (1865); manuscript "$1.00/100" indicates the amount enclosed for the prisoner; penciled notation on the reverse reads, "Gone to Jefferson City Prison, Feb. 28 65"; erased red manuscript docketing at the lower right, otherwise Very Fine. One of just two recorded covers to the Myrtle Street Prison. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $1,000-1,300
SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction
115 cover Elmira Prison imageElmira Prison - Elmira, N.Y., Adversity cover, made from a used, partly-printed business form, sent through the lines with a 3¢ rose tied by a circle-of-wedges cancel alongside an Old Point Comfort c.d.s., Aug 14 (1864), addressed to Brooklyn, L.I., New York; enclosed letter from Ellen C. Hinton, datelined "Near Petersburg, July 29th 1864", asking a friend to locate her nephew, R.B. Willcox, who had been missing since June 16; forwarded by the friend to the P.O.W. at Elmira with this docketing on the reverse: "R.B. Wilcox, Barracks No. 3, Ward 20., Prison Camp, Elmira NY & Care of Major H.V. Colt", Very Fine. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $450.00
Will close during Public Auction
116 cover Elmira Prison imageElmira Prison - Elmira, N.Y., Cover from Pvt. G.P.W. Davis, a P.O.W. at Elmira, to Edward G. Booth, of Philadelphia; slightly damaged 3¢ rose tied by an Elmira c.d.s., Nov 8 (1864); mostly clear Examined oval handstamp; includes the original letter datelined Nov 4, in which Davis tells Booth that he is "entirely destitute" and asks him, "To Ade me with the help of a Dollar or two" and "I received your name from a friend of this place", Very Fine. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $190.00
Will close during Public Auction
117 cover Elmira Prison imageElmira Prison - Elmira, N.Y., Cover from an unidentified P.O.W. at Elmira to B[enjamin] S. Hedrick, of Washington; D.C., 3¢ rose is tied by an Elmira, c.d.s., Jun 2, 1865; mostly clear Elmira Examined oval handstamp, Very Fine. Hedrick, a clerk at the U.S. Patent Office, and native of North Carolina, was known to aid prisoners in distress. (Image) (Image2)

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118 cover Elmira Prison imageElmira Prison - Elmira, N.Y., Cover from Pvt. Mial Wall [3rd N.C. Artillery], to Dr. R.J. Powell of Washington, D.C.; a 3¢ rose is tied by an Elmira, c.d.s., Apr 14, 1865 9year slug upside down; partial Examined oval handstamp; includes the original letter to Dr. Powell, who was known for his willingness to aid prisoners in need, in part "Cousin James P. Leake of Rockingham, Richmond Co. N.C. wrote to me and gave me your name and address. He said he knew you and believed if I wrote to you that you would help me." (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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119 cover Elmira Prison imageElmira Prison - Elmira, N.Y., Cover to Anthony M. Keiley at Elmira, from J. Hume Burnley, chargĂ© d'affaires of Great Britain, in Washington, D.C.; 3¢ rose tied by Washington c.d.s., Sep 23 (1864) with a partial Examined oval handstamp; endorsed "paid, J H Burnley" at the upper left with an intact red wax seal of the British Legation on the flap; included is a Carte de Visite photo of the prison camp at Elmira by Moulton & Larkin, Elmira photographers, Fine.


Lt. Keiley was injured at the Battle of Malvern Hill in 1862. After recovering from his wounds, he joined Lee during the Gettysburg Campaign before resigning his commission to join the Virginia House of Delegates. He was captured - as a civilian - by Union forces near Petersburg in June 1864. when "every able-bodied man" was called to repel Union attack led by Gen. Benjamin Butler.

At Elmira, Keiley kept the Book of the Dead. He later wrote In Vinculius, the Prisoner of War by a Virginia Confederate. After the war, he founded a newspaper, was elected Mayor of Richmond, and was named by President Grover Cleveland to diplomatic posts in both Italy and Austria-Hungary. (Image) (Image2)

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120 cover Elmira Prison imageElmira Prison - Elmira, N.Y., Cover from an unidentified P.O.W. at Elmira to Rev. J.M. MacDonald, Pastor First Presbn. Ch., Princeton, N.J.; 3¢ rose is tied by an Elmira, c.d.s.,Aug 1, 1864; mostly clear Elmira Examined oval handstamp, Fine to Very Fine. The earliest recorded P.O.W. usage from Elmira. (Image) (Image2)

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