Lot
3130 
Confederacy, Libby Prison, Richmond, Va., manuscript notation "Soldiers letter Prisoner of War" and manuscript endorsed by another prisoner "Wm. D.Wilkins Capt U.S.A. & A.A. Genl", bold "Due 3" straightline on cover to Trenton, N.J., additional "Exd HW." (Henry Wirz, later commanding Andersonville Prison), Very Fine, Illustrated on page 92 of "Prisoners' Mail From The American Civil War" by Galen Harrison; signed Brian Green.Estimate $500 - 750.
After the war, Wirz was tried and executed for conspiracy and murder relating to his command of Andersonville; this made him the highest-ranking soldier and only officer of the Confederate Army to be sentenced to death for crimes during their service.
Realized: $450