Lot
4498 
Confederacy, Fort Delaware, Delaware City Del. & Elmira N.Y., orange cover bearing 1861, 3¢ rose tied by target cancel duplexed with "Delaware City Del. Jan 7" cds on cover addressed to "Segt Elijah Mc Ingles, Prisoner of War, Barracks 3 Ward 39, Elmira, New York", light strike of "Prisoner's Letter, Fort Delaware Del / Examined" oval handstamp; no flap and couple small edgetears, F.-V.F. Estimate $500 - 750.
A VERY UNUSUAL PRISONER TO PRISONER USAGE.
In order for a prisoner to write to another prisoner, they must have had a mutual relative or friend who knew where each of them were being held. Elijah McClanahan Ingles enlisted April 17, 1861 as a private into Company G of the 4th Virginia Infantry and taken prisoner at Spotsylvania Court House on May 12, 1864. He was confined and remained at Elmira for the rest of the war until paroled on June 21, 1865.
Realized: $325