Auction: Sale #2109 - 2109Location: BostonDate / Time: November 10, 2001 10:00AM
Description:
(CIVIL WAR-UNION-LIBBY PRISON) Two Civil War Diaries kept by Captain William A. Noels, 5th MD Volunteers, from Libby Prison, June 12th, 1863-March 22nd, 1864, riveting accounts about his capture and subsequent march to the prison, rations, escape through a tunnel, observations as to the progress of the war as news was spread through the camp as well as the orders of the warden, behavior of the guards and a secret celebration of the 4th of July.
Estimate $8,000-10,000