Lot 1165
Confederacy, Camp Chase, Columbus, O., clear and boldly written "Examined by Lieut A.H. Rice/Office of the Prison Guard" on envelope from member of the 1st Tennessee Regiment held prisoner at Camp Chase to Assistant Adjutant General Townsend at Washington, D.C., bearing 3¢ rose (65) tied by fancy "prison bars" grid in green and matching "Columbus O./Feb. 14 1862" double-ring datestamp, with original enclosure datelined "Camp Chase Prison O., February 12, 1862", Extremely Fine.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
The writer, D Hooper, gives details of his capture on Sept. 12, 1861, following a skirmish between Union troops and General Anderson's Tennessee Brigade on Cheat Mountain. Being wounded, Hooper and six other soldiers were left behind in a house. They were taken prisoner the following day, and two subsequently died. The five survivors were held at Grafton (Va.) Hospital until well enough to be transported to Camp Chase, where they arrived on Dec. 7, 1861. One man was exchanged shortly thereafter. Hooper is requesting that the four remaining prisoners be placed on the list to be exchanged "learning that some sick and wounded have been sent North to be exchanged."
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| Realized $2,100 |
