Lot
3128 
Confederacy, General Hospital #21, Richmond, Va., cover from Caleb Coplin, Prisoner housed in General Hospital #21, manuscript endorsement "By Flag of Truce Boat via Fortress Monroe" cover to Rushville, Ohio, franked with United States 1861 3¢ Rose (65), tied by segmented cork and "Old Point Comfort, Va. Feb. 1" (1864) double circle postmark, small bit of corner replaced at bottom right, otherwise Very Fine, only 5 covers are recorded from this prison.Estimate $300 - 400.
Coplin was wounded and captured at Chicamauga and treated at Hospital #21 in Richmond. Coplin was the first man shot and killed in the "Deadline" in Andersonville Prison on April 10, 1864. Inside Andersonville Prison, about 19 feet from the wall, was the "deadline", which was intended to prevent prisoners from climbing over the stockade or from tunneling under it.
Current Opening Bid: $150