Feb 28, 2002 - Sale 1926

Sale 1926 - Lot 238

Price Realized: $ 1,380
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
COLORED TROOPS IN A CONFEDERATE JAILMorning Report of Prisoners at the C. S. Military Prison, Richmond, Va. Partly-printed Document, accomplished in manuscript, tallying 3163 prisoners in a Confederate prison, including 30 "Negroes" and "18 Negro soldiers on hand," 4 1/2x8 1/2 inches; Signed by Provost Marshall Major J. H. Carrington and Major M. P. Turner; docketed on verso. Richmond, 14 January 1865
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A highly unusual Civil War document, as little is known about colored troops in Confederate prisons. <