Lot 2487
Confederacy, Fort Delaware Prison, Delaware City, Del., cover bearing faulty 1861, 3¢ rose tied by grid cancel, addressed to "Mr. James H. Atkins, Prisoner of War, Charlottesville Artillery, Cutshaws Va. Battalion, Care of Capt. Alek, Fort Delaware", pencil "Ward 7" docketing, fold at left, Fine, ex-Engstler.Estimate $200 - 300.
James H. Atkins enlisted into Va. Charlottesville Light Artillery on March 15, 1862. He was taken prisoner at Spotsylvania Court House, Va. on May 12, 1864 and first confined at Belle Plain Va. on May 15 and at Fort Delaware on May 21.
Realized: $160