JOHNSON’S ISLAND: Sandusky, Ohio: US #65,  3¢ rose, tied by target cancel with matching Nashville / Tenn / Feb / 23 / '64 double circle postmark on incoming cover to "Lieut. Col. J[ohn].W. Inzer, Prisoner of War, Johnsons Island, Ohio”, manuscript "Ex. D.S.A." (De Alva S. Alexander, 128th O.V.I.) censor's marking, top back flap missing  $200.

John Washington Inzer (1834-1928) enlisted as a 1st lieutenant (date unknown), residence listed as Ashville, Alabama. He was commissioned into Company I, Alabama 58th Infantry and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He was captured at Missionary Ridge, Tenn., on Nov. 25, 1863, confined to Johnson’s Island on Dec. 1, 1863 and released July 1, 1865. He was the youngest delegate to Alabama’s Secession Convention at age 26 and had not favored secession but did eventually vote in favor of it, with misgivings. He was an honored member of the state, a circuit judge after the war.