2022-07 Raynors HCA Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/15/2022
Playbill Christmas Eve 1863. The playbill measures 5.75" x 16" and divides the program into three parts with each performance listing the performer, each a Union Officer. One of the fascinating things about this piece is that the history of each prisoner can be looked up, and whether they were captured or wounded. For example, the program manager Lt. G.W. Chandler fought under General Farnsworth at Gettysburg where he was captured. A rare playbill, repaired folding splits, else near fine. This is a period reprint “... which was preserved by Capt. E.L. Schroder York, Pa. who was among the prisoners confined there...”
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