| Existing comment:
Civil War envelope addressed to Captain DK Andross 1st Regiment VVM, at Fortress Monroe, Virginia. VVM in this instance was the Vermont Volunteer Militia, whose men traveled to Virginia early in the Civil War to "put down the rebellion," a mission that did not succeed. Captain Andross returned to Vermont and joined the 9th Vermont Regiment as a Lieutenant Colonel under Colonel Stannare. He fought in the battle of Harper's Ferry, where he, along with many in his regiment, was captured by Southern Forces. The prisoners were sent to Annapolis and thence to Chicago under parole; there they guarded 3,500 Southern prisoners waiting, like themselves, for an exchange. After the exchange, Andross again resumed active service. |