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Autographs of U.S. Officers. Prisoners of War. Manuscript autograph album. Columbia, South Carolina.
Autograph album containing the names, regiments, and residences of various Federal officers who were incarcerated at Camp Sorghum, Columbia, South Carolina. This attractive volume bears an artfully inked title-cover page with classic Federal eagle design. Among the names within are those of Capt. D. L. Wright, 51st Indiana Infantry; Lt. Emmett Mather, 1st Vermont Cavalry; Lt. Henry Schutter, 43rd New York Infantry; and many others. Such albums were frequently compiled by officers who survived mutual imprisonment and wanted to retain a memento of their incarceration.
[Civil War, Union, Confederate, Prisoner of War, POW, Medical History, Manuscripts, Letters, Documents, Ephemera, Historic Photography, Daguerreotype, Tintype, Ambrotype, Early Photography, CDV, Carte-de-Visite, Cartes de Visite, Carte de Visite, Albumen, Albums]
Autograph album containing the names, regiments, and residences of various Federal officers who were incarcerated at Camp Sorghum, Columbia, South Carolina. This attractive volume bears an artfully inked title-cover page with classic Federal eagle design. Among the names within are those of Capt. D. L. Wright, 51st Indiana Infantry; Lt. Emmett Mather, 1st Vermont Cavalry; Lt. Henry Schutter, 43rd New York Infantry; and many others. Such albums were frequently compiled by officers who survived mutual imprisonment and wanted to retain a memento of their incarceration.
[Civil War, Union, Confederate, Prisoner of War, POW, Medical History, Manuscripts, Letters, Documents, Ephemera, Historic Photography, Daguerreotype, Tintype, Ambrotype, Early Photography, CDV, Carte-de-Visite, Cartes de Visite, Carte de Visite, Albumen, Albums]
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[CIVIL WAR] Camp Sorghum Prison Autograph Album
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Columbus, OH, USA
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