Lot
1654 
Confederacy, Johnsons Island, Sandusky, O., prisoner cover franked with 1863, 10¢ blue tied "Richmond, Va., Jun 16" cds to Joseph Daviers Hamilton, Montgomery, Alabama, routed "By flag of truce", this was an unsealed inner envelope originally enclosed inside another envelope per regulations, the outer envelope with U.S. postage would have been discarded at the exchange point and then this one transmitted to enter the mails in Richmond for forwarding to Alabama., military and regimental records included, this is a known correspondence which corresponds to other handwriting / covers of origin from Johnson's Island, ex-Hedin. Scott No. 11 Estimate $200 - 300.
Thomas H. Hamilton enlisted as a 2nd Lieut in Co. K., 18th Tenn. Infantry. He was detailed as Drill Master and Conscript Officer. He was wounded at Murfreesboro, Tenn. January 3, 1863 and left on the battlefield. He recovered, but was captured at Nashville on January 30, 1864.