3 August 1864
Steuart, George H., 1828-1903
Autograph letter signed
Title: to McHenry Howard
Writes as a Confederate prisoner of war to a fellow prisoner of war in Delaware. Steuart was imprisoned at Charleston Harbor "Morris Island." "... We are now being exchanged for the officers from Charleston, and expect to be there in an hour or so. Oh, how I regret that you did not come with us - I shall see Ould and endeavor to get you exchanged." Asks Howard to see to the business he requested concerning his family. The envelope is postmarked from Port Royal and addressed to Howard at Fort Delaware, Delaware. Steuart, a brigadier general in the Confederate Army, was captured at…
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