1864 CIVIL WAR PRISON BIBLE. New Testament Belonging to Confederate Soldier at Fort Delaware Prison Martyrs and opposed the institution of

and opposed the institution of slavery [and favors colonization]

According to Ussher

Darby is of course considered to be the father of Dispensationalism and Pre-tribulational Rapture theology

but at Cambridge

1864 CIVIL WAR PRISON BIBLE. New Testament Belonging to Confederate Soldier at Fort Delaware Prison Martyrs and opposed the institution ofAn 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