Lot
3881 
Confederacy, Charleston, S.C. - "U.S. 600", Port Royal, S.C. Sep 12, 1864 double circle cancel with straightline "Due 3" on cover to Philadelphia with endorsement "Officers Letter, Prisoner of War, Charleston, S.C.", included is original letter headed "Charleston, S.C. July 30th, 1864" stating in part, "…this prison life we have been shoved very near all over the Southern Confederacy and have brought up here. We were in Macon, Ga. some 2 months.", Extremely Fine, Marvelous opportunity to own one of these quite rare Prisoner of War covers and with an original letter. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Jacob S. Devine was captured at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863 and confined variously in Confederate prisons at Macon, Ga; Columbia, SC; and Libby Prison in Richmond. There are only 3 recorded covers from the Marine Hospital (all Devine correspondence), which was located right next to Roper Hospital. It was the combined prison population of Roper Hospital (19 covers known), Marine Hospital (used to confine, not to treat the sick - 3 covers known) and O'Conner House (no covers known) that made up the 600 Union officers that were reported to be under fire of their own guns on Morris Island, which caused the transfer of 600 Confederate prisoners known as the "Immortal 600" to be placed under bombardment of Confederate artillery.
Realized: $1,900