Lot 1124
Confederacy, Gwathmey Factory Hospital, Richmond Va., envelope to Greensboro, Pa. bearing 3¢ rose (65) tied by cork of square, "Old Point Comfort Va./Feb 1" c.d.s., with original enclosure from prisoner datelined "Richmond Va. Jan. 1st, 1864" and writing his mother: "You must not believe all the reports circulated about us, for we are still alive, in good spirits, and hope to be paroled or exchanged soon." Fine and very rare example (only 5 recorded) of mail from General Hospital #21.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Provenance: Agre
According to accompanying photocopies of military records, Thomas W. Nicholson volunteered for the Union Army at Pittsburgh in August, 1862. He was captured at Warrenton, Va., on Sept. 1, 1863, confined at Richmond on Sept. 4, and admitted to General Hospital #21 Richmond Va. (Gwathmey). On March 19, 1864, he was transferred to Andersonville or Americus, Ga. He was admitted to the hospital in Andersonville on July 3, 1864 and died of dysentery on the 29th.
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| Realized $2,100 |
