1864 CIVIL WAR PRISON BIBLE. New Testament Belonging to Confederate Soldier at Fort Delaware Prison Martyrs No copies on the market

No copies on the market and I don't recall ever having handled this book before or remember even seeing it

but at Cambridge

probably 19th century

According to Ussher

NJ [extensive]

1864 CIVIL WAR PRISON BIBLE. New Testament Belonging to Confederate Soldier at Fort Delaware Prison Martyrs No copies on the marketAn 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