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Item# 14159
Price: $300
ELMIRA, NEW YORK: US #65, 3¢ rose used with blue target cancel and matching BALTIMORE / MD. // JUN / 7 cds on cover to Sergt Hider D. Dickens, Prisoner of War, Barracks 3 Ward 30, Elmira, N.Y.; oval Elmira examined marking, bit reduced at right upon opening. [MD] [NY] $300.
Hider D. Dickens is listed as a Private in Co., K. NC 1st Infantry. He is listed as commissioned February 1, 1862 and wounded at Mine Run. Shown as prisoner in for period June 30-Oct 31, 1862, place not stated; shown as present Nov 1862 – May 1863 but absent for a period sick in Lynchburg; returned on rolls July-Aug 1863; shown captured at Spotsylvania 12 May 1864; transferred to Elmira August 3, 1864 from Point Lookout; transferred for exchange Feb 20, 1864.