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POW187

USA #65 (natural straight edge at left with guide line) with a target cancel and the matching small single rim Delaware City, Del. CDS 27 SEP (1864). North-to-South Through-the-Lines POW cover which originated at the Fort Delaware Union prison with the oval Prisoner's Letter Examined handstamp Type A. Addressed to Mrs. H. J. Dean (Key Box No 26), Spartanburg, South Carolina. "Per Flag of Truce" at the top. Endorsed at left "Edwd J. Dean Capt 22nd SC Regt CSA." Cover crossed into the CSA through Fortress Monroe and was taken to Richmond where the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 6- was applied which ties the Union stamp and has an OCT (1864) date and the matching DUE 10 Type P handstamp to assess the CSA postage. Very Fine. Edward Jefferson Dean (1842-1885) was Captain of Co C 22nd SC Inf and was captured as a POW at the Siege of Petersburg Battle of the Crater 7/30/1864 and confined at Fort Delaware. After the war, he lived in Calhoun County, Alabama. The cover is addressed to Capt Dean's mother.

$600.00

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