Lot 289
Camp Douglas, Ill., manuscript "Examined R. Adams, Jr., GMJ" examiners endorsement on Union eagle and flag patriotic cover used to New York, N.Y., bearing 3¢ rose (65) tied by blue grid duplexed with "Chicago Ills Apr 8" c.d.s., Fine and interesting patriotic usage.
Estimate 400 - 500
1863 prisoner's letter mentions "I should think that those men of Northern (birth) who have been forced by circumstances…into the Southern Army, ought to have a way provided by which they can…be free from this imprisonment".
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