Civil War Confederate Prisoner of War Envelope, Johnson's Island, ex. Dr. Lord

Description

Offered in this 10-day auction is a Civil War Period Envelope addressed to a POW at Johnson's Isle, Ohio. Envelope has partial postmark remaining from St. Louis, MO on AUG 10.  The stamp has been cutout. The envelope is addressed, "Lieut P.L. de Clouet, Prisoner of War, Sandusky Ohio".  Lieutenant de Clouet served in the 26th Regiment of the Louisiana Infantry, Orleans Battery G. Research on Johnson's Island Preservation Society site reveals that 1st Lieutenant de Clouet was captured as a prisoner at Shiloh on April 7, 1862. He was entered into the prisoner roster as "P.L. Declowet".  Notably, a relative named Sergeant Alex de Clouet was also captured at Shiloh and taken to Johnson's Island the same day.  There are no contents in the envelope and the envelope is wrapped in plastic and taped.  This could be carefully removed without affecting the envelope, if wished.
This envelope
is from the personal collection of the late Dr. Francis Lord.
Measures 5" x 3".
Thank you for your interest! No reserve.
This POW envelope is being offered as part of a sale of the collaborative collection of Dr. Francis Lord and Tom Burbage (pictured together w/ item photos).  Dr. Lord bequeathed many of these items upon his passing to his best friend and fellow military antiques enthusiast, Tom Burbage.  Over the next year or more, I will be listing these items for sale, primarily as auction listings on ebay.  There are hundreds of items ranging in date from the Revolutionary War thru WWII.  Many of these items are from the personal collections of Dr. Lord and Tom Burbage.  Some are artifacts retaining original price tags from Dr. Lord's final sale displays at Civil War shows throughout the country.  Besides being a collector of Civil War items, Dr. Lord published 4 volumes of Civil War Encyclopedias that became the early gold standard for collecting and gave many a young collector, myself included, a start in learning the artifacts "industry".  It is with humble honor that I offer these artifacts for sale on behalf of Tom Burbage.  I also sell artifacts of my own finding on ebay as "defence1st".  I thank my Dad, Wayne Fritts, ebay seller "americancolonial" for his help researching these items and also for the start he gave me in appreciating our veterans and collecting military artifacts some 30+ years ago.  Between us, we have over 6,000 positive feedbacks on ebay.