ROPER HOSPITAL, CHARLESTON, S.C.: "Prisoners letter, Chas. K. Fleming, Maj. 1st Vt. Artry., Prisoner of War"manuscript endorsement on cover to Miss Mary H. Carmer Care of R.C. Popham, 945 Broadway, New York, manuscript Confederate examiner's marking "Exd." (by Hugh Hamilton Rogers of Charleston’s Provost Marshal’s office) and "Soldier's Letter, W.T. Bennett, Lt. Col and Agt. DS." PORT ROYAL S.C. NOV 13 1864 exchange double-circle datestamp, small sealed tear at top, still Very Fine. Attribution made on the basis of a cover from the same correspondence illustrated by Harrison (p. 48). ONLY 19 COVERS RECORDED BY HARRISON FROM THIS OFFICER’S PRISON. Ex Murphy. $850.

Maj. Charles K. Fleming (1831-1919) lived in Rockingham Vt when he enlisted 8-12-1862 as a 1st lieutenant. A month later he was commissioned into G Company of VT 1st Heavy Artillery. He was listed as taken prisoner June 23, 1864, at Weldon Railroad (Petersburg). He was paroled Feb 28, 1865 (place not stated) and discharged May 15, 1865. He died in 1919. He was listed as confined at Columbia, SC. His wife was Mary Hill Fleming (1843-1924). They are buried together in Scarsdale, NY.