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Through-the-Lines North-to-South
POW cover from Johnson’s Island to Shelby Springs, Alabama
with the Richmond, Va
Powell Type 6q CDS 23 JAN (1865) and handstamp “Due 10” Type
IV. This is an inside envelope obviously folded at the edges to fit
inside another envelope of slightly smaller size with the outer
envelope containing the Union postage and discarded at the transfer
point. Endorsed at top “From
Lt Mc Glasscock Prisoner of War” with notation “via Flag Truce” at
lower left. Addressed to Col John F. Conoley, Shelby Springs, Alabama.
The addressee was the Colonel of the 29th Alabama Infantry.
The POW sending the cover was 2nd
Lieut Macabees Glasscock (1823-1902) of Co B (Blount County Hornets)
29th Ala Inf.
Lieut Glasscock entered service as a Sergeant on 9/22/1861 and was
commissioned 2nd Lieutenant 7/31/1862. He was captured as a POW at the
Battle of Nashville on 12/15/1864 (the last major engagement of the
Army of Tennessee in the Western Theater) and held as a POW at
Louisville before being transferred four days later to Johnson’s
Island. He was released from prison 6/16/1865 and subsequently after
the war relocated to Texas. Very Fine inside POW cover. |
$500.00 |
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