Lot
1805 
Confederacy, Alexander Stephens, cover as Prisoner at Fort Warren in Boston Mass., address in his hand to "Hon. Linton Stephens, Sharta Ga." and routing endorsement "Through Maj. Gen'l Joseph Hooker, N.Y., By way of Savannah and Augusta Ga."; cover faulty, most of flap missing, Fine. Estimate $200 - 300.
Stephens was arrested at his home in Crawfordville, on May 11, 1865. He was imprisoned in Fort Warren, Boston Harbor, for five months until October 1865. In 1866, he was elected to the United States Senate by the first legislature convened under the new Georgia State Constitution, but was not allowed to take his seat because of restrictions on former Confederates.
Realized: $325