Lot
2290 
Confederacy, Johnson's Island Prison, Ohio, 3¢ pink (U35) buff entire canceled by manuscript and matching "Morehead Ky. 19th Febr." postmark to Wilbourn Amburgy Prisoner, Johnson Island, Sandusky Ohio, Union "DUE 3" oval handstamp, magenta "See Officer Camp" and pencil "$2-00" notations, apparently forwarded by mail in a bundle with only top cover addressed from Johnson's Island to Point Lookout Md., the addressee presumably having been transferred there, note on flap "Received of Capt Paterson, two Dollars from W B Cornett, April 13, 1864" who was the Provost Marshall at Point Lookout; reduced at right affecting indicia, Fine and unusual Kentucky money letter to Confederate Prisoner, ex-Graham. Estimate $300 - 400.
The border state of Kentucky had about as many soldiers in the Confederate Army as had the Union. While Kentucky remained, nominally, in the Union, so mails services were not discontinued statewide in May 1861, and some post offices were operated until Confederate occupation early in the war. Mail to Confederate soldiers in Union prison camps could be sent at the usual 3¢ rate and not censored until destination. In additional, Union greenbacks in small denominations to the prisoners.
Captain Joab N. Patterson, 2nd N.H. Vol. Inf., was appointed Provost Marshal of the Point Lookout prison, established after the Battle of Gettysburg. He served until April 15, 1864, although promoted to Lt. Col. on 4 June 1863.
Realized: $450