2020-01 Putnal
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/18/2020
Partly-printed Document, 1p. 3-¾"x3-½", it reads "PROVOST MARSHAL'S OFFICE, Head Quarters Dept. of Virginia & North Carolina, FORT MONROE, VA. Guards Pass...One Corpse To Baltimore. By Command of Major General BUTLER: THIS DAY ONLY" stamped by John Cassels Capt & Provost Marshal on October 21, 1864. Unusual. Near Fine. Captain John Cassels, earned himself quite a reputation as the jailer of the famous woman Rebel spy, Belle Boyd. He fell in love with Boyd's girlfriend and helped to spirit Boyd out of Fort Monroe, much to the displeasure of General Benjamin F. Butler.
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