Group of four POW Covers (POW93 - POW96) from the correspondence of Capt Thomas F. Jones Company A 16th Battalion Georgia Cavalry. Capt Jones first served as an officer in the 14th Ga Inf but resigned in Oct 1861. He later joined the 16th Ga Cavalry Battalion which was a Partisan Ranger unit formed in the summer of 1862 and operated mainly in East Tennessee and Western Virginia. Capt Jones was captured as a POW at Blountsville, Ten 9/22/1863 and confined at Johnson’s Island until his release 3/22/1865. These four covers (no letters) from the Johnson’s Island prison date from FEB 1864 through JUL 1864 and are all four addressed to his wife, Louisa Y. Jones whom he married in 1860, in Georgia. Johnson’s Island housed only CSA officers.
POW96 USA #65 tied by a Target Cancel with the matching Sandusky, O(hio) double ring CDS to the left 24 JUN 1864. Orange paper cover addressed to Mrs. Louisa Y. Jones, Care Dr. R. M. Young, Penfield, Georgia. Endorsed at upper left “From Thomas. F. Jones Capt Co A 16th Ga Batt Cav.” Manuscript at lower left “For Flag of Truce via Fortress Monroe & City Point, Va.” Manuscript “Ex RPH” of the unidentified Johnson’s Island examiner. On transitting Richmond, the cover received the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 6m 29 JUL (1864) which also ties the Federal stamp and Handstamp “Due 10” Dietz Type IV to assess the CSA postage. Minor backflap opening tears otherwise Very Fine. $850.00

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