INTERCEPTED SMUGGLED MAIL, CAMP CHASE: cover endorsed "From Capt. M.G. Galloway, Prisoner of War, Camp Chase, Ohio" up left end, addressed to E. C. Galloway Esq, Little Rock, Ark., franked with uncancelled US 65, 3¢ rose with manuscript "Ex. & App'd Kibbee" examiner endorsement, letter was intended to be hand carried by Mrs. Charlotte Moon Clark prior to the ensuing confiscation of 170 letters and order for her arrest, Very Fine, a VERY RARE ARKANSAS PRISONER OF WAR COVER. Ex B. Roberts. $1,200.

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. A large group of 170 letters 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. The letters were confiscated and never mailed. Many have a notation such as "Politeness of Mrs. Clark," or something similar, but that it was one of the confiscated covers from Clark is without question. When visiting her brother at Camp Chase, she carried back letters to one of General Morgan's brothers. When Union officials learned this, they ordered her arrest. She was fortunate to make it to Canada just ahead of the arrest order. Meanwhile, prisoners wrote a large quantity of letters thinking she was coming back to Camp Chase. After a time, she returned from Canada, was arrested and sent South. 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

Capt. Morton Galloway, the sender, served in Company F Arkansas 1st Mounted Rifles Cavalry. He was promoted to Major and Lt. Col. Galloway was captured at Pea Ridge in March of 1862. He was held at Camp Chase until August 1862 when he was exchanged.