POW233

USA #65 with a Blue Target Cancel and the matching small double circle Blue Union Georgetown KY CDS to the left of the stamp 10 AUG 1863. Orange paper cover addressed to Col D. Howard Smith, Prisoner of War, Ohio State Prison, Columbus, Ohio. Manuscript "Examined W. A. Judkins A.D.C." (1st Lieut OVI) at the upper left corner. Not a through-the-lines cover. Accompanying the cover is a 1971 letter from the then owner of the cover to Earl Antrim asking Antrim if he thought the cover was genuine as the Ohio State Prison was not in Antrim's book on Civil War Prisons. The response from Antrim was that the cover was genuine and that much new information has been discovered since he published his book. The Ohio State Penitentiary is in the Harrison book as that is where the prisoners from Gen John Hunt Morgan's 1863 raid into Ohio were confined. Cover is somewhat reduced at the left where opened not affecting anything. Very clean cover. Dabney Howard Smith (1821-1889) of Georgetown KY, a lawyer by profession who served prewar in the Kentucky General Assembly, entered service as Colonel of the 5th KY Cav (CSA) 9/2/1862 which was part of General Morgan's command. Col Smith was captured at Buffington Island 7/19/1863 during Morgan's raid into Ohio and confined at the Ohio State Penitentiary until exchanged. After his exchange, he rejoined Morgan's command and surrendered 5/17/1865 at Columbus, Miss. After the war, he had a career as a lawyer and politician in Kentucky.

$350.00

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