Raynors HCA 2016-10
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/21/2016
War-date, ca. 1864 autograph page from Johnson's Island POW souvenir book, 2pp. [front and back) 8vo., five (5) signatures, some with place of capture and address, all in period ink. Represented names, read, in full: "J[ames] O. Nixon, Lt. Col. 1st La. Cavalry. Captured near Lancaster, Ky., July 21, 1863 [with Capt. John D. Munford 1st La. Cavalry whose signature is offered in a separate lot.] New Orleans, La…O. S. Robertson, Lt. Col. 1st Confederate Cavalry. Bolivar, Tenn. Capt'd. 27d June/ 63 Shelbyville, Tenn…A[uguste] Maurras, [POW Port Hudson, La., 7/9/63] Lt. 30th La., New Orleans…Lee Russell, [WIA Chancellorsville, Va. 5/3/63 & POW Falling Waters, Md., 7/14/63] Capt. 22 N. C. Regt. A. N. Va. Address Wind Hill, N. C…R[euben] M[cDonald] Royster, [POW, most likely by Iron Brigade, Gettysburg, Pa., 7/1/63] Lieut. Co. K, 55th N. C. T., Oak Hill, N. C…" Detached page from book, light soiling, else VG
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