Camp Oglethorpe, Macon Ga. Brown cover from Camp Oglethorpe Prison to Union-held Cleveland, East Tennessee, C.S.A. postage paid by 5c Blue, Stone 2 (4), three full margins, in at left, tied by "Macon Ga (June) 26 (1862)" circular datestamp, manuscript "Passed L.H. Carter Adjt. Prisoner's Guard", some light water staining

VERY FINE. AN EARLY AND EXCEEDINGLY RARE PRISONER-OF-WAR COVER FROM THE FIRST CAMP OGLETHORPE. APPROXIMATELY FIVE ARE KNOWN.

The first Camp Oglethorpe was open for prisoners as early as May 1862. Approximately 900 Federal troops captured at the Battle of Shiloh were processed through the prison. As a result of the formal exchange cartel agreed to by the U.S. and C.S.A. governments in July 1862, the camp was discontinued, to be replaced by a stockade for Union officers in 1864.

Illustrated in Antrim (p. 140)

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