Lot
4529 
Confederacy, City Jail, Charleston, S.C., "Prisoner of War Letter, Charleston, S.C. for Flag of Truce" manuscript endorsement at upper right on cover to Washington, D.C., postmarked "Port Royal Sep. 27, 1864" double circle with "Due 3" handstamp, additional manuscript notation "Exd" (CSA Censor) with "DG" intials and "Soldier's Letter Stewart L. Woodford, Lt. Col., 127th NYV, Agt for Exchange" vertically at left, included is original enclosure datelined "Charleston, South Carolina Sept. 15, 1864" stating "After a year of confinement as Prisoner of War, in the South I am placed in a military prison in this place. At the time of my arrival I was ragged and without money, as I had not heard from home in five months…I expect to be released this fall. We have a fine hospital and medical attendance." etc., Very Fine and rare, an outstanding Civil War Prisoner cover with only 8 covers recorded.Estimate $500 - 750.
From Lt. Charles H. Morgan, 21st Wisc. Inf., one of 500 POW's who were transferred from Macon to Savannah and onward to City Jail at Charleston.
Realized: $1,050