Sent by Flag of Truce

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Autograph Letter Signed, A.S. Randolph, 1p. oblong folio, Richmond, February 4, 1864, with cover addressed to “Lieut. Thos. H. B. Randolph A.D.C. Prisoner of War Johnsons Island” with manuscript “By Flag of Truce” at bottom left, it reads in part: “...we think of and wish for you from all sides. I hear of your philosophic contentiment and earnestly do I trust it will soon be rewarded by a return to our loved Country...” VG.Thomas Hugh Burwell Randolph (1843-1900) was 2nd Lt. of the 2nd Virginia Infantry and a member of General Pendelton’s staff. He was WIA at 1st Manassas and taken POW at Rapphannock Station on December 5, 1862. He was not released until June 12, 1865.

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