CAMP CHASE, OHIO: POW cover bearing uncanceled US 65, 3¢ rose to Mrs. Maria Miller, Benton, Arkansas, with endorsement of Lt. Col. Miller 11th Regt Arks, Prisoner of War and Camp Chase Ohio at bottom. Most importantly is "Politeness of Mrs. Clark" at lower left. Rare and desirable. Ex Harrison. $1,600.

Cynthia Charlotte "Lottie" Moon (1828-1895) was born in Danville, Virginia, on August 10, 1828. She and her sister, Virginia "Ginnie" Moon are best known for their role as Confederate spies during the American Civil War. As spies for the Confederacy, Lottie and Ginnie smuggled information and medicine from North to South. After the fall of Fort Donelson, Lottie heard that one of her brothers was at Camp Chase and she traveled there. Upon discovering that none of her relations were incarcerated at Camp Chase, Lottie Clark remained at the prison to improve the Southerners' condition. According to the Virginia Historical Society, she also volunteered to serve as courier by taking prisoners' mail to Richmond, Virginia, and allowing Confederate authorities to distribute it from the capital to the captives' native states. For some reason, a large group of 170 letters mostly slated to be carried by Lottie Clark did not connect with her and ended up in Ohio long-term storage - 112 of the letters made their way to the Virginia Historical Society, but only a few are held in private hands. See my article: "Confederate Mail Runner and Spy, Lottie Moon Clark", the Confederate Philatelist, 4th Q 2016, pp. 4-19. https://www.trishkaufmann.com/masonry/resources/cp20164qkaufmann-proof-1.pdf