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Union Civil War Postal History continued...

Prisoner of War Covers, Northern Prisons continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
241 cover Ohio Sandusky West House imageWest House (Hotel) - Sandusky, Ohio - Temporary Parole Site, Hand-carried cover and letter from Col. Trusten Polk, a paroled prisoner at West House, to Capt. John J. Miller, a P.O.W. at Johnson's lsland, Ohio; the letter is datelined "West House", Sandusky, O., Dec 30, 1863., Very Fine. The only recorded P.O.W. correspondence to or from this facility.


Miller, a medical student, who was just one course short of completing his studies, had been treating Polk in prison. Col. Polk, former Governor of Missouri and former U.S. Senator, had been paroled to the city as authorities feared he was near death due to his delicate state of health. In the letter, Polk writes of being released, but is "fearful about the effect of exposure upon my diseased organ" during the long journey home. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate $350-500
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
242 cover Virginia Alexandria Camp Banks imageCamp Banks - Alexandria, Va., Cover to Edwin J. Harris [10th Maine Volunteers], "Paroled Prisoner, Camp Banks, Alexandria, Va."; franked with a rose 3¢ tied by a partial PAID grid and postmarked with a red Saco, Me. c.d.s., Oct 17, 1862; stamp slightly damaged due to edge placement, Fine. One of only four recorded to or from this facility. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $750-1,000
CLOSED
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243 cover Virginia Alexandria Camp Banks imageCamp Banks - Alexandria, Va., Cover with a fancy U.S. Christian Commission corner card from a paroled prisoner at Camp Banks to his father in New Hampshire; target-canceled 3¢ rose alongside a clear Alexandria, Va. c.d.s., Dec 31 (1862); stamp a bit soiled and slightly damaged, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $250-350
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
244 cover Virginia Fort Monroe Hygia Hotel imageHygia Hotel - Fort Monroe, Va. - Temporary Parole Site, Cover from Capt. Robert H. Archer, AAG of J.J. Archer's Brigade, a P.O.W. temporarily held at the Hygia Hotel while in transit from Johnson's Island to Richmond for exchange. He was given temporary parole to the Hygia on Jan. 11, 1865. He used an envelope with a corner card of Fort Monroe's "Office Assistant Agent for Exchange" to send a letter to his daughter in Baltimore; franked with a 3¢ rose tied by a neat quartered cork cancel and postmarked by a Jan 14 Old Point Comfort, Va. c.d.s. He was at the Hygia less than ten days, Very Fine. The only recorded correspondence to or from a P.O.W. housed at this temporary parole facility.


An included photocopy of Archer's service file shows him transferred to Fort Monroe on Jan 11, 1865. It also shows that he had been captured at Mercersburg, Va. on Jul 5, 1863. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction

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