Columbia S.C. Prison. Prisoner cover endorsed "From Lt. Col. A. H. Sanders, Prisoner of War, Columbia, S.C." and "By flag of truce", franked with uncancelled 10c Blue, Die B (12), full margins to in at right with small nick, addressed to his brother Alfred Sanders in Davenport Iowa, no indication of U.S. postage or postmarks, some slight toning, still Very Fine, Lt. Col. (later General) Addison H. Sanders served with the 16th Iowa Volunteers, he was wounded and captured on July 22, 1864 during the Atlanta Campaign and taken to prisons in Macon Ga., Charleston and Columbia S.C. before being exchanged, after the war he became Secretary of the Montana Territory, signed Brian Green

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