[MORGAN, JOHN HUNT, Brigadier General, C.S.A.]. Original photograph of officers of "Morgan's Raiders," as Union prisoners of war, boldly titled at top, "Our Mess," and labelled below: "Prisoners of War Fort Delaware May 1864." 197 x 252 mm. (7 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.), including mount, trivial foxing to mount. The photograph is ringed with two gold borders and carries an imprint at bottom: "Photographed by J.L. Gihon, 1024 Chestnut Street, Philada." A fine albumen group photograph of 15 Confederate officers, seated or standing in a brick gun port of the fort, mostly in Confederate uniform, some in brilliantly polished boots. The photograph's mount is ringed with two gold borders and has a gold-printed imprint at bottom: "Photographed by J.L. Gihon, 1024 Chestnut Street, Philada." Beneath each individual is a small inked number, corresponding to a carefully written key written in the blank margin identifying each man. The key and title are likely to be in the hand of Col. Cicero Coleman of the 8th Kentucky Cavalry, pictured in the group; on the back of the photo is an inscription "from her son Cicero." A RARE PHOTO OF MORGAN'S RAIDERS AS UNION PRISONERS, PROBABLY CAPTIONED BY COL. CICERO COLEMAN The great raider John Hunt Morgan, the driving force behind a series of spectacular and remarkably daring raids in Tennessee and Ohio, was surprised and captured by Union troops in July 1863. He escaped with six of his men from Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus in November and as a precaution, most of the prisoners from Morgan's command were transferred to high-security Fort Delaware, near Philadelphia (which had one of the highest mortality rates of any Union prison), where they posed in their rebel uniforms, looking resolute and defiant, for a Philadelphia photographer. Pictured, according to the key, are Brigadier General R.B. Vance, Brigadier General M. Jeff Thompson, and Lt. H.H. Borgden, Col. Jos. J. Tucker, Lt. L.H. Smith, Capt. Hart Gibson, Lt. J.J. Andrews, Lt. Col. Cicero Coleman (of the 8th Kentucky Cavalry, probably the original owner of the photograph), Rev. J.W.K. Handy (a Presbyterian minister), Col. R.C. Morgan, Col. W.W. Ward, Capt. C.H. Morgan, Col. B.W. Duke, Lt. J.A. Tomlinson, and orderly B.P. Key (a private, 16 years of age), each with his home state indicated (7 are from Kentucky, 2 from Tennessee, 2 from North Carolina and one each from Virginia, Alabama and Maryland). The photo is reproduced in The Photographic History of the Civil War.