1864 CIVIL WAR PRISON BIBLE. New Testament Belonging to Confederate Soldier at Fort Delaware Prison Martyrs but at Cambridge

but at Cambridge

probably 19th century

Klock & Klock Christian Publishers

According to Ussher

1864 CIVIL WAR PRISON BIBLE. New Testament Belonging to Confederate Soldier at Fort Delaware Prison Martyrs but at CambridgeAn evocative artifact from the Civil War bearing two physical connections to Fort Delaware Prison. The item itself is an 1863 Pearl Edition [i. e. pocket] issued by the American Bible Society. These were designed specifically to fit into a soldier's pocket and were distributed gratis to mustered Union soldiers and also to Confederate soldiers imprisoned in the North. On the pastedown is a fait pencil inscription, "Rev. Dr. Handy text on Sunday May