Lot
4500 
Confederacy, Camp Douglas, Chicago Ill., prisoner cover addressed to Mrs. Harriet Goodson at Henderson Ga. and endorsed "General Commanding, Post at Fortress Monroe, for Flag of Truce", prisoner docketing "J.P. Gilmore Co. C 55th Ga. Vol.", "Camp Douglas" examiner's oval handstamp, blue "Chicago Ill Aug 12 '65" and "Richmond Va. Sep" cds with "10" due rating h.s.; cover faulty at left from removal of stamp, Fine, ex-Malpass. Estimate $200 - 300.
James Polk Gilmore was from Dooly County, Ga. and only 19 years old when he enlisted on February 10, 1863 as a private in the 55th Ga (Department of East Tennessee). He was listed as a POW captured at Cumberland Gap Tenn. on September 9, 1863 and released from Camp Douglas on June 14, 1865.
Realized: $325