Lot
3101 
Confederacy, Camp Asylum, Columbia S.C., legal size printed "Official Business" envelope with imprint "Headquarters Department of the South", franked by "W.L.M. Burger" Asst Adj. Gen., manuscript examined markings at top and right side of cover addressed to "Capt. C.H. Call, 29th Ill. Infty, Prisoner of War, Columbia" who was a prisoner at Camp Asylum, no postal markings as Official Business franking, minor edge soiling and small chips around edges, Fine, one of only 8 recorded.Estimate $200 - 300.
Camp Asylum was situated on the grounds of the former State Lunatic Asylum, near the Charlotte Railroad Depot. Surrounded by a high brick wall, it offered much better security than Camp Sorghum. General John H. Winder, the Commissary General of Prisoners, personally appealed to the Governor of South Carolina to repurpose the asylum grounds, citing the dire conditions at Camp Sorghum. Lt. John W. Austin, a prisoner there, noted in his diary that at least 500 officers had already escaped, with more fleeing each night.
Realized: $250