SHELBYVILLE / TE DUE (no rate), New Dietz type II with soldier docketing up left side from a private in the 24 NC Vols. and addressed to Mitchel Co, N.C., fresh homemade cover reduced slightly on 3 sides

RICHMOND / VA. JUN 28, 1863 DUE 10 soldier's cover with regimental docketing up the left side, as required, fresh clean cover

Soldier's Due cover, no rate, on tiny homemade cover to "Mrs. Dore S. Clark, Attalaville, Attala County, Miss." with soldier endorsement from "Parsons (?) Regt, Finegan's (?) Brig Cav(alry), didn't spend time on the soldier history - worth research, Very Fine

Manuscript "Due 10" on soldier's cover and with a manuscript "Augusta, Georgia" town marking as part of the endorsement "Lt. J. L. Heath, Comp D 23 Ga Baty" on envelope made from an extremely high rag brown butcher paper sent to "Mrs. Isaac. P. Heath, Girard P. Office, Burke County, Ga.". The "Augusta, Ga" and "Due" notations are something the soldier probably added against regulations. Most interesting. Ex-Sam Zimmerman

RICHMOND / Va./MAY/25/1862 cds with soldier's DUE 10 on cover endorsed by " ?? Danham, Jeff Davis Legion, Co. ?" to Mrs. H. M. Dunham, Riceboro, Ga." where it was forwarded with handstamped PAID 5 (value in ms), type I, to "Johnstons Station Gulf Rail Road Ga.", bit reduced at left and some file folds which make the light ink hard to translate. This is from Sgt. Thomas Dunham to his sister. Thomas enlisted in the 6th Va. Cav, was wounded in the head at Burk's Station, transferred to the Jeff Davis Cav Legion, Co. F. He survived the war and info can be found on the Dunham genealogy site. A scarce and very nice forwarded use.

RICHMOND /Va. / SEP / 21 / 1862 cds with straightline soldier’s DUE 10 on homemade cover to “Dr. G. N. Flowers, Cross Keys, Georgia” with soldier docketing of “A.P. Flowers 38th Ga. Regt. Wright Legion”. Asbury P. Flowers enlisted on 2-6-62 as a musician into the band of the 38th Georgia Infantry. He died on 1-20-63 at Staunton, Virginia. Military bio included. 

RICHMOND / Va / JUL / 16/ 1862 cds with straightline soldier’s DUE 10 on homemade cover to “Dr. G. N. Flowers, Cross Keys, DeKalb Co., Georgia” with soldier docketing of “A.P. Flowers in Wrights Legion”. Asbury P. Flowers enlisted on 2-6-62 as a musician into the band of the 38th Georgia Infantry. He died on 1-20-63 at Staunton, Virginia. Military bio included. 

COLLINGSBURG / LA / JUL / 21 (1862) cds with manuscript “due” and may be “10” but is water stained right there,  on wonderful folded soldier’s letter addressed to “Nancy C. Loden, Rusk pr Cherokee Co., Texas” with soldier docketing of “A. S. Loden private in Capt P. Henrys Co Randalls Brigade”. Letter is 3-page and headed “Louisana July the 19th 1862” with salutation to “Catherine dear wife…we are 28 miles from Shreveport and going to Little Rock we are in 15 miles of the Arkansas line…some sickness in the Regt…at Shreveport we left Thomas Holcomb sick with a disease of the lungs…dr said he would not live many days.” Many more similar detailed, both human and equine - noting major loss of horses to colera (sic) such that the Col. was given orders to dismount them but he won’t do it and is in danger of being arrested. “If we are dismounted I will send my horse home and make as long steps towards the yankees as I can…my canteen was misplaced…my shoes was stole and I have to do without them…I wish to the thief is that he had to be kicked with them till his soles come off an that wont be as bad as it will for me to wade the Arkansas snow…bare footed one winter and then cut his throat…big fite near (?)…we faught 2 Texas Regts and one Louisiana Regt against ten regments of Yankees and whipped them after suffering much we learn that gen McLellan is dead and men of good judgement say that the war is almost ended in our favor…(to) Nancy C. Loden (from) Abner S. Loden”. Bit water stained, possibly from that Arkansas snow. Obviously, the news about the death of McClellan is incorrect and his surmise that the war is drawing to a close is also. Loden’s military record shows him in Co. “I” Texas 17th Cavalry but Randall was 28th Texas Cavalry so the usual incomplete records; Trans-Mississippi Department.  Ex-Bleuler.  

“Nelys Fork” (Va) March 20 (1863) on homemade cover addressed to “Mr. James E. Hagood, Pickens Corthouse (sic) South Carolina” with docketing of “H. Haynes Co F 1 Ridgment Cavelry S.C.V.” Letter headed Nelson County, Rockfish Valley Virginia asking him to
“direct yore letter to nellis ford Rockfish Valley Nelson County in the cear of capten sharp” and is signed Harrison Haynes who is listed in the military  records as a blacksmith with the named regiment. Whether Nelys Fork or Nellis Ford, I have no idea, but worth more research. Scarce. 

.TUDOR HALL / VA 1861 cds and curved DUE 10, type II, with docketing of “Jno. C. McClenaghan, A.Q.M. P.A.C.S (Provisional Army Confederate States) 8th Regt S.C V.” John Charles McClenaghan writing to his wife in Marion CH, SC; pristine commercial envelope, Capt McClenaghan is mentioned once in the Official Records cited for bravery at First Manassas while serving as the regimental Quartermaster, Very Fine 

CHARLESTON / S.C. / JUL / 10 cds with (due) 10 from “W. (O.) Satterfield. Co. H. P(almetto) G(u)a(rds) Regt” This was Whites Battalion. Co. H (Palmetto Brigade); he was also in Co. “K” of the 26th SC Infantry. Addressed to “Mrs. Henrietta Wilson, Greenville, So. Ca.” 

STAUNTON / VA. blurry cds with (due) 10 said by previous owner to be struck over “5”, but not sure I buy that – leave it to you to decide, addressed to “Pt H. W. V. Z F. Weaver (sheer guess, hard to make out) Charleston PO S.C.” Maj Whits Battalion of Arti Co H in ceare of Capt Holts Cav (?)” with soldier docketing of “J. W. Waters 2 S.C. Cav. Co. E”. , side flap missing, ex-Tobias. John  W. Waters was a private in the 2nd SC Cavalry in Hampton’s Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia; the 2nd SC later came under the Dept. of SC, GA, and FL and later still the Dept of NC and then the Army of Tenn. Military records enclosed. Ex-Tobias.

RICHMOND / Va. / JUL / 20 cds with matching DUE 10 on pristine homemade soldier’s cover to “Mr. Nathan Sikes Coxs Mill Randolf County N. Carolina” with docketing of “Sergt Sikes Co. H. 3rd N.C." Military bio of Charles B. Sikes accompanies. He enlisted in said company as a private at age 27. He was taken POW at Sharpsburg, exchanged, taken prisoner again at Gettysburg where he was wounded in the arm and hospitalized at USA General Hospital in Chester, PA, transferred to Hammond General Hospital at Point Lookout and paroled from City Point April 27, 1864 but died only six weeks later on June 10th of chronic diarrhea.  Ex-Tobias.

WINCHESTER / Va. / JAN / 29 bold cds with ms “Due 10” to “Mrs. Thos. Jones, Thomasville, Georgia” with mandated soldier docketing of T. W. Jones Co G 1st Geo Regiment during the Romney campaign.  It is said that the city of Winchester changed hands more than 52 times during the Civil War. Ex-Tobias. 

RICHMOND / VA / MAR / 10 / 1863 cds and soldier’s straightline DUE 10 on cover with endorsement of “J. M. Carin, Co. A, 4th Regt NC S(tate) T(roops)” (later known as the Iradell Blues) to Granite Hill, NC     

Charleston, S.C. soldier’s due 10 endorsed by “W.O. Satterfield, Whites Bat. Co. H” (Palmetto Company). He was also in Co. “K” of the 26th SC Infantry. Addressed to Sallie Satterfield, Greenville, So.Ca. on homemade cover. 

YORKTOWN / Va. / SEP  20 soldiers (due) 10 on cover to “Mrs A. M. Chapman, Jeffersonville Twiggs Co. Ga.” and docketed from ““Private J. I. Chapman Sixth Georgia Regt” and “In Care of Capt J. A. Barckley Wiggs Guards Sixth Geo Reg”, small yellow lined envelope with part of top back flap missing. John Iverson Chapman of Twiggs County, Georgia enlisted June 15, 1861 as a private. He died of pneumonia on June 21, 1862 at 1st Ga. Hospital, Richmond.

(Due) 10 handstamped on cover to “Miss Carrie A. Raines, Milledgeville, Georgia” with penciled “Politeness Mr. James”. No solider’s endorsement but likely so. Milledgeville is in Baldwin County and John M. Raines enlisted there in the 45th Georgia Infantry. He was listed as a POW captured at Petersburg and released from Point Lookout in June 1865. He is the only Raines specifically listed from Baldwin County. 

PETERSBURG Va. MAR 7 blue cds with matching (due) 10 on adversity cover fashioned from a Danville Bank check form, addressed to “Miss Carolina Cleveland, Lawrenceville, Georgia” and soldier endorsed by “V Cleveland, Hampton Legion”.  Vannoy Cleveland is shown as serving in Company F of SC Hampton Legion Infantry. Large bio included on the prominent families of Vannoy and Cleveland. Family tradition says the Vannoy family was related to the family of Oliver Cromwell. As for the Clevelands, President Grover Cleveland presented a bible to Caroline Yates, grandchild of Nathaniel Vannoy, as a memento of family relation. They were prominent families in the Greenville, SC area.  Wonderful adversity cover with a great family history. 

Soldier’s DUE 10, no town postmark, docketed “From Capt. J. C. Winsmith, Co ‘H’ 1st S.C.V.” to “Dr. J. Winsmith, Glenn Springs P.O., Spartanburg Dist, So. Ca.” on blue commercially made envelope. Capt. Winsmith was wounded at Sharpsburg 9-16-62 and again at Fort Harrison in 1864, but did survive the war and continued his career as a lawyer. He was appointed to brigadier general of state militia in South Carolina in 1865 and served for one year.

GALVESTON / TEX / DEC / 8 double circle cancel with ms “Due” and handstamped “10” on cover to “Miss M. H. Stokes, Decatur, Georgia” with soldier endorsement “T. J. Stokes Capt Shannon’s Co Reg T.V.I.” and later contemporary “War letter” in different hand. Military records show Thomas J. Stokes in both Co C and Co I 10th Texas Infantry. Side flaps resealed and small cover edge restoration at lower left. Ex-Bleuler

Mary A. H. Gay included in her 1901 book, Life In Dixie During the War, a letter that her brother, 3 Lt. Thomas J. Stokes of Co. I, 10th Texas Infantry, wrote her, regarding the battle at Pickett's Mill, Georgia, on May 27, 1864: "The fighting of our men, to those who admire warfare, was magnificent. You could see a pleasant smile playing upon the countenance of many of the men as they would cry out to the Yankees, 'Come on, we are demoralized! "One little incident right here, so characteristic of the man. Major Kennard (of him I have told you often, lately promoted), was, as usual, encouraging the men by his battle-cry of, 'Put your trust in God, men, for He is with us,' but concluding to talk to the Yankees awhile, sang out to them, 'Come in we are demoralized,' when the Major was pretty severely wounded in the head, though not seriously; raising himself up, he said "Boys, I told them a lie, and I believe that is the reason I got shot."

“Tilton (Ga) Jan 14 Due” all in manuscript on homemade soldier’s cover to “Mrs . G. W. Williford, Gibson P.O. Glascock County Georgia” endorsed from “J.B.C. Co H 2nd Regt Ga Vols”, only such marking  recorded, flap tears. 

Soldier's “Due 10” cover with indistinct brown cds with mandated endorsement “From Private G. T. Hovall (?), Co. K. 55th N.Car” to “Jno W. Hovall (?) Esq., Townesville Granville Co NC” on homemade cover. The 55th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, NC in May 1862. The unit served in the Department of North Carolina, then moved to Virginia where it was assigned to General J.R. Davis' and Cooke's Brigade. It fought with the Army of Northern Virginia in Gettysburg, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Appomattox. The regiment lost 31% of the 640 engaged at Gettysburg and 59% of the 340 at The Wilderness. It surrendered with 4 officers and 77 men on April 9, 1865. An opportunity to do more research on the soldier and town cancel.

Texas handstamped (due) 10 on pristine cover to “Mrs. J. M. Osterhout, Bellville, Austin County, Tex” mailed from the field “From J.P. Osterhout, Adj 4th Regt Inf(antry) (Texas) S.T.” (State Troops). Extremely Fine, Ex-Bleuler .

John Patterson Osterhout (1826-1903) was a lawyer, journalist, and politician from Pennsylvania. Upon receiving his license to practice law in 1851 he moved to Austin County, Texas. He took a hand in publicizing the 1861 alleged slave rebellions in North Texas and revealed that in his years in Texas he had become an ardent defender of the extreme Southern point of view. Although once skeptical of the economic benefits of slavery, by 1860 Osterhout defended it as a positive good and was a slave owner. He even began to question the loyalty of the large German population of Austin County, a group that had helped in his rise to prominence. He was an early advocate of using slaves as soldiers and kept up a constant effort to maintain the loyalty of the Germans to the southern cause. After the war he quickly accepted defeat and the end of slavery. Much more detailed and quite interesting bio included.

COLUMBIA / S.C. / OCT / 23 blue cds with matching large handstamped (due) 10 on clean homemade cover to “Mrs. W.H. Felker, Cross Anchor, S.C.” with soldier’s endorsement “from private W.H. Felker 18 Regt So Cav”. Wiley H. Felker was a private in Co E of the 18th SC Infantry.

CULPEPER C.H. / Va. / SEP / 25 cds with matching curved DUE 10 on Baltimore & Ohio R.R. Company imprinted envelope addressed to “Miss Rebecca M. Poague Fancy Hill Rockbridge Co Virginia” with mandated soldier docketing of “J.W. Poague Co C 1st Va Cavalry”.           

James Wilson Poague (1834-64) was 27 when he enlisted as a private into Co D Va Rockbridge Rangers 7-9-61 but later mustered into Co C 1st Va Cavalry. He was wounded at Todd’s Tavern, Va 5-7-64 and died of his wounds at home on 5-22-64. Also had service in Co H 14th Va Cavalry. Described as 5’10”, fair complextion / light hair. He attended Union Theological Seminary 1859-61.

SUMTER / S.C. / DEC / 10 with matching 10 in circle and red crayon “Due”; endorsed by “J.A. Crawford Sergt Major 2nd S.C.Regt.” to “Mrs. Danl Crawford, Columbia, So.Ca.”; top back flap missing

Captain Daniel H. Crawford, A.Q.M. (Assistant Quarter Master) was the father of Sergeant Major John A. Crawford. They corresponded primarily with Mrs. Daniel Crawford and Miss Kathrine Crawford (sister or wife). Capt. Daniel H. Crawford's covers are addressed as him having served in McLaw's Division in 1863, and later Longstreet's Division. He also was in the 15th Regiment of the S.C.V. and in the Signal Corps, which has been verified on an online Confederate roster. John Crawford was in Kershaw's Brigade, McLaws Division in the 2nd Regiment of the S.C.V. $110.

DUE 10 with matching indistinct cds on cover to “Mrs. Daniel Crawford, Columbia, S.C.”; also red crayon “Due”, great endorsement of “D.H. Crawford Signal Corps Longstreets Army Corps”, Very Fine $200.

Captain Daniel H. Crawford, A.Q.M. (Assistant Quarter Master) was the father of Sergeant Major John A. Crawford. They corresponded primarily with Mrs. Daniel Crawford and Miss Kathrine Crawford (sister or wife). Capt. Daniel H. Crawford's covers are addressed as him having served in McLaw's Division in 1863, and later Longstreet's Division. He also was in the 15th Regiment of the S.C.V. and in the Signal Corps, which has been verified on an online Confederate roster. John Crawford was in Kershaw's Brigade, McLaws Division in the 2nd Regiment of the S.C.V.

CHARLESTON / S.C. / JUL / 19 /1863 dc with large red crayon “Due” and handstamped “10” to “Mrs. Danl Crawford, Columbia, So.Ca.”; endorsed by “A Crawford S.C.V.”, another member of the Crawford family. $120.

Captain Daniel H. Crawford, A.Q.M. (Assistant Quarter Master) was the father of Sergeant Major John A. Crawford. They corresponded primarily with Mrs. Daniel Crawford and Miss Kathrine Crawford (sister or wife). Capt. Daniel H. Crawford's covers are addressed as him having served in McLaw's Division in 1863, and later Longstreet's Division. He also was in the 15th Regiment of the S.C.V. and in the Signal Corps, which has been verified on an online Confederate roster. John Crawford was in Kershaw's Brigade, McLaws Division in the 2nd Regiment of the S.C.V.

WINCHESTER / Va. / OCT / 12 cds with blue crayon “Due” and handstamped “Due 10” on clean homemade cover to “Miss Kate Crawford, Colmubia, S.C.” and endorsed by “J.A. Crawford Sergt Major 2nd Regt. S.C.V.”, Very Fine  $150.

Captain Daniel H. Crawford, A.Q.M. (Assistant Quarter Master) was the father of Sergeant Major John A. Crawford. They corresponded primarily with Mrs. Daniel Crawford and Miss Kathrine Crawford (sister or wife). Capt. Daniel H. Crawford's covers are addressed as him having served in McLaw's Division in 1863, and later Longstreet's Division. He also was in the 15th Regiment of the S.C.V. and in the Signal Corps, which has been verified on an online Confederate roster. John Crawford was in Kershaw's Brigade, McLaws Division in the 2nd Regiment of the S.C.V.

“F Hall due 10 Aug 28 [1861]” manuscript cancel of FREDERICKSHALL, Va. – also red crayon “Due”, addressed on homemade cover to “Mrs. Danl Crawford, Columbia, So.Ca.”;  endorsed by “J.A. Crawford Sergt Major 2nd Regt. S.C.V.”, Very Fine. $200.

Captain Daniel H. Crawford, A.Q.M. (Assistant Quarter Master) was the father of Sergeant Major John A. Crawford. They corresponded primarily with Mrs. Daniel Crawford and Miss Kathrine Crawford (sister or wife). Capt. Daniel H. Crawford's covers are addressed as him having served in McLaw's Division in 1863, and later Longstreet's Division. He also was in the 15th Regiment of the S.C.V. and in the Signal Corps, which has been verified on an online Confederate roster. John Crawford was in Kershaw's Brigade, McLaws Division in the 2nd Regiment of the S.C.V.

* SAVANNAH * / Geo. / JAN / 1 and (due) 10 soldier’s cover with mandated docketing of “E Verdery, Co A O. A.”, military record included. Eugene F. Verdery enlisted 3-6-63 as a private in Co A Ga 63rd Infantry and was detailed to Augusta Ga Provost Marshal’s Office, hospitialized in Macon, Augusta and Savannah. Wounded in the head 7-20-64 at Peach Tree Creek, Ga., but lived until 1921 in Augusta.   $100.

CHARLESTON / S.C. / JAN 12 cds and large soldier’s (due) 10 on homemade cover addressed in peacock blue ink and endorsed by “W.O. Satterfield, Whites Bat. Co. H” (Palmetto Company). He was also in Co. “K” of the 26th SC Infantry  $125.

CHARLESTON / S.C. / JUN / 18 (1862) with “Due” in red crayon and “5” handstamp on cover to “Mr. Thomas J. Gibson, Columbia, So. Ca.” endorsed by “F.A.G. from Company “a” 15Regt SCV”. Franklin A. Gibson enlisted as a corporal in that regiment. No other information noted in military records. Very Fine $150.

CHARLESTON / S.C./ MAR / 19 / 1863, double circle postmark on soldier's cover with large (Due) "10" handstamp with soldier's endorsement, Very Fine. $125.

(Army of Northern Virginia) (due) "10" in double circle field rate postmark (Dietz type B) on homemade cover to Clinton, S.C.; with "H. Tucker, Hamton Legion, Co K." soldier’s endorsement at left, Very Fine. Henry Tucker was a private in Co K of SC Hampton Legion Infantry. $190.

COLUMBUS / KY / JAN cds without day slug, ms. "Due 5" on cover to “Mr. Paul M. Palmer, Somerville Tennessee”, pencil endorsement “H(orace). Palmer, Co. D, 6th Reg. Tenn. Vol.”, red crayon "X", Very Fine, an exceptionally immaclate Confederate use from Kentucky. $800.

COLUMBUS / KY cds with undiscernable date on cover to Mifflin Tenn., manuscript "Due 5" and in the same hand "I Paid 5 Cents postage M.S.E.", soldier's endorsement “From a volunteer in Co. I 13 Regt. Tennessee Vol.”, reduced at right with bottom right and left corners clipped and repaired. Rare and unusual, Ex-Schwartz. $700.

(Due) 10 soldier’s letter with undated Bristol V. & T. R. R. (Virginia and Tennessee Railroad), cds on clean cover with manuscript "Soldiers Letter", but does not have the proper detailed endorsement required by postal regulations; manuscript at the lower left, "Kindness of Mr J. B. Farley" (crossed out), indicates that the cover was likely initially to be hand carried, but was instead posted by mail; fancy blind embossed advertising corner card "Boynton & Boyton Atty's at Law, Cahawba, Ala."; Very Fine. A most unusual triple threat of an advertising cover used for a Soldier's Letter with a railroad postmark. Soldier is likely Daniel B. Edwards of Co A 44th Alabama Infantry who enlisted a lieutenant, later promoted captain, captured at Suffolk, Va in 1863 but paroled and surrendered at Appomattox with Army of Northern Virginia. A total charmer. Soldier bio accompanies. $1,500.

GRIFFIN / GA. / SEP / 9 with handstamped (due) 10 in circle on clean homemade cover addressed to Mrs. Emma Moore, Raymond, Geo. Endosed “From Wm. G. Moore 3rd Miss. Battalion”, $250.

Soldier’s DUE 10 curved handstamped on homemade cover endorsed “Private J. W. Barrow, Scogins Battery, Army of Tenn.” to “AM. Barrow, Griffin,Ga.”, John W. Barrow was in the Griffin Light Artillery, Ex-Crouch.  $140.

[Due] 10 Army of Northern Virginia in circle in red to “Mrs. W(iley). H. Felker, Hebron PO, Spartanburg Dist, So Ca”, endorsed “A Soldier’s letter, Co E 18 Regt S.C.V.”. This handstamp struck in red at Petersburg, Virginia from September to December 1864. The 4th Corp ANV was Wallace’s Brigade, Johnson’s Division and Felker was a private; signed Brian Green, Ex-Walske. $250.

CHATTANOOGA / Ten. / JUL / 22 [1863] boldly struck circular datestamp and curved DUE 10 handstamp on greenish homemade cover to “Mrs. M. Thornton, Hardaway, Macon Co,  Ala” with endorsement of “Private R. C. Thornton, Co. E, 45 Regt. Ala. Vol.” Used two months before Confederates evacuated Chattanooga in September 1863. Thornton shows as a private in stated Army of Tennessee company. Extremely Fine. Ex-Myerson and Walske. $325.

VICKSBURG / MISS double circle cancel and curved double-line DUE 10 on homemade cover addressed to “Mrs. Wm. A. Chunn, Manassas Barton Co Georgia” with soldier’s endorsement “From W. A. Chunn 40th Reg Ga Vol.” Military records accompany which show that Chunn enlisted as a Jr. 2nd Lieut into Co I Ga 1st Brigade State Troops and then transferred to the 40th Ga. April 27, 1862. He surrendered April 26, 1865 in Greensboro, NC. Signed Brian Green, ex-Walske. $200.

Soldier’s [due] 10 on cover to “Thomas W[ebber]. Dewey, Esq,, Charlotte, No. Ca.” endorsed “Drury Lacy, Jr., Adjt 43rd N. C. T.” Dewey was Lacy’s brother-in-law, married to his older sister, Bessie Lacy Dewey. Lacy military records accompany – enlisted as private, rose to 1st Lieut. Drury Lacy, Sr. was president of Davidson College and served as chaplain during the war. Part of the Army of Northern Virginia, the 43rd NCfought in the Seven Days' Battles and saw action at Goldsboro, Gettysburg, Plymouth, Drewry's Bluff, and Cold Harbor. The regiment was then involved in Early's Shenandoah Valley operations and the Appomattox Campaign. It lost 26% of the 572 engaged at Gettysburg and surrendered 9 officers and 164 men at Appomattox.  $150.

PETERSBURG / Va. / DEC / 14 cds with matching [due] 10 – all in red - on cover to “Mrs. Thomas W[ebber]. Dewey, Esq,, Charlotte, No. Caro.” endorsed “Drury Lacy, Jr., Adjt 43rd N. C. T.” Dewey was Lacy’s brother-in-law, married to his older sister, Bessie Lacy Dewey. Lacy military records accompany – enlisted as private, rose to 1st Lieut. Drury Lacy, Sr. was president of Davidson College and served as chaplain during the war. Part of the Army of Northern Virginia, the 43rd NCfought in the Seven Days' Battles and saw action at Goldsboro, Gettysburg, Plymouth, Drewry's Bluff, and Cold Harbor. The regiment was then involved in Early's Shenandoah Valley operations and the Appomattox Campaign. It lost 26% of the 572 engaged at Gettysburg and surrendered 9 officers and 164 men at Appomattox.  $150.

Soldier’s DUE 10 with indistinct NOV town cancel on cover to “Thomas W[ebber]. Dewey, Esq,, Charlotte, No. Caro.” endorsed “Drury Lacy, Jr., Adjt 43rd N. C. T.” Dewey was Lacy’s brother-in-law, married to his older sister, Bessie Lacy Dewey. Lacy military records accompany – enlisted as private, rose to 1st Lieut. Drury Lacy, Sr. was president of Davidson College and served as chaplain during the war. Part of the Army of Northern Virginia, the 43rd NC fought in the Seven Days' Battles and saw action at Goldsboro, Gettysburg, Plymouth, Drewry's Bluff, and Cold Harbor. The regiment was then involved in Early's Shenandoah Valley operations and the Appomattox Campaign. It lost 26% of the 572 engaged at Gettysburg and surrendered 9 officers and 164 men at Appomattox.  $150.

“due 10” in pencil with encircled “10” handstamp on neat green, white, blue and burgundy wallpaper cover endorsed by “Edward McCrady, Junr, Lieut Colonel 1st S.C.V.” to his father in Manchester, S.C.; Very Fine. McCrady was a Major promoted to Lt. Col. with the SC 1st Infantry with action that spanned dozens of top battles from Fort Sumter April 12, 1861 to Five Forks 1 April 1865 – it reads like a list of the most important battles of the war. He was wounded at 2nd Manassas and disabled in 1863. He headed Co K from Charleston, the Meagher Guards. Some sources cite him as commanding the Irish Volunteers at a later date.  $1,000.

BOWLING GREEN K.Y. / JAN / 5 blue cds on cover to “Mr. Haller Nutt, Natchez, Miss.” with black [Memphis] DUE 10 and manuscript “due 10”, endorsed “T.A. Williams, Tensas Cavalry, Wirt Adams Regiment”, small stain at left. This famous regiment, originally called First Mississippi Cavalry, was organized by William Wirt Adams, of Jackson, Mississippi. He had been Adjutant of Burleson's Regiment in Texas in 1839, commissioner to Louisiana in January, 1861, and had declined the Postmaster-Generalship in President Davis' cabinet. Col. Wirt Adams was promoted Brigadier-General September 25, 1863. There is much excellent information on Adams and his roving unit online. Scarce Kentucky use with a ghost impression of the Bowling Green cancel on the back. $1,100.

WINCHESTER / Va. / OCT / 20 cds with neat matching DUE 10 on cover endorsed “W. B. Gregory Surgeon 2d Regt Ga. Vols.” Addressed to “Miss Julia H. Gregory, Lynchburg, Va.” The cover is addressed to his sister. A fascinating brother/sister duo whose story will be the subject on one of my columns in the American Stamp Dealer & Collector. $400.

William Bartleman Gregory served in Field & Staff with both the 2nd GA Infantry and the 12th AL Infantry and by the end of the war he was Acting Chief Surgeon Gen. Charles W. Field’s Division, 1st Army of Northern Virginia. Gregory received his M.D. in Edinburgh, Scotland (family name originally MacGregor. Included is a very detailed unpublished military record courtesy of F.T. Hambrecht.).

Julia Gregory Chapman had an active role in the War effort; she helped sew the first Confederate battle flag with her friends Constance and Hetty Cary and, later in the war, she and her sister Isobel smuggled mail across the Cowpasture River.

SHELBYVILLE / Te / APR / 14 [1862] cds with matching DUE [5] endorsed from J.C. Scales Co G 51st Ala Regt P[artisan] R[angers] on homemade cover addressed to “Mrs. Sarah Scales, Tuscalloosa, Ala.” Scales was taken prisoner, date and place not stated, but he is buried in Indianapolis at Crown Hill National Cemertery, so likely he was sent to and died at Camp Morton as a POW where many prisoners died and were buried in mass graves there. The 51st (from Tuscaloosa) was placed under Gen'l Nathan Bedford Forrest, then under Wheeler and Morgan. This Army of Tennessee unit was active in the conflicts at Murfreesboro, Shelbyville, Chickamauga, Maryville, Knoxville, Decatur, and Jonesboro. It was at the fight at Shelbyville where half of the regiment were either killed or captured and where Scales likely met his fate. Original soldier’s letter to his mother enclosed which directs her to send mail to Shelbyville care of Capt S. T. Palmer Co G, 51st Alabama Partisan Rangers. $450.

CHARLESTON / S.C. / NOV / 7 186[4] cds with matching [due] 10 on adversity cover made from filled out form with mandated endorsement up left side “Soldiers Letter Private P[eter] Redmond Co. B L[ucas] B[attalion] Art[illery]” and addressed to his wife, Mrs. P. W. Redmond, Blackville, S.C. It is a long heart wrenching letter on back and front side of one very long sheet (it won’t all fit on my scanner bed - this is about 3/4 of one side) headed “Wensday November the 2nd 1864 Johns Island Battery Trenholm Charleston, S.C.” and subsequent two days, telling her how miserable he is, how cold and how hungry but he makes do.

The 15th Lucas Battalion, Heavy Artillery was organized as infantry with two companies on June 6, 1861. It was mustered into service on James Island in July 1861 and converted to heavily artillery. It was engaged in the capture of the U.S.S. Isaac Smith, the battles of Charleston Harbor and the Carolinas Campaign. The Battalion was commanded by Maj. James J. Lucas. $550.

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TUDOR HALL / VA. / OCT / 20 / 1861 cds with manuscript “Due” and handstamped “10” on cover to “Miss A. Talluluh Simpson, Pendleton, So Carolina with soldier’s endorsement of “Privet (sic) R. W. Simpson, Comp A 3rd Regt S.C.V.” – part of Department of Northern Virginia, later the Army of Northern Virginia. Nice strikes. $140.

Texas cds partially struck off cover with manuscript “due 10” on cover addressed to his sister. Miss Mollie A. Nicholson, Bastrop, Texas with mandated endorsement of [Private] William Nicholson, Terry’s Texas Rangers, Wharton’s Division, Harrisons Brigade 8th Texas Cavalry. See  http://www.terrystexasrangers.org The illustrious Rangers distinguished themselves throughout the war by their skill and willingness to fight. Because of their abilities, and the arms they carried, they were regarded as a "charging regiment," frequently called upon to act as a form of shock troops. Cover a bit roughly opened at left, pencil docketed July 28, 1863. Wonderful piece of postal history. $450.

William Nicholson was born at Staten Island, NY around 1840. Resided at Bastrop, Bastrop County, TX in 1860 with relatives; occupied as a clerk. Mustered into Company D at Houston, TX on September 7, 1861. Suffered slight forehead wound near Mossy Creek, TN on December 29, 1863. Present in February 1864. Killed near Rome, GA on October 13, 1864. Buried near Coosaville, GA. Source: http://www.terrystexasrangers.org/biographical_notes/n/nicholson_w.htm which has transcripts of numerous wartime letters with simply awesome historic military content. 1860 census shows Mollie (Mary) as 17 years old.

SHELBYVILLE / TEN. / JAN / 26 cds with manuscript Due 10 on cover addressed to his sister. Miss Ruth Nicholson, Bastrop, Texas with mandated endorsement of [Private] Wm Nicholson, Terry’s Reg. Texas Rangers. See  http://www.terrystexasrangers.org The illustrious Rangers distinguished themselves throughout the war by their skill and willingness to fight. Because of their abilities, and the arms they carried, they were regarded as a "charging regiment," frequently called upon to act as a form of shock troops. Cover a bit roughly opened at left. Wonderful piece of postal history. $400.

William Nicholson was born at Staten Island, NY around 1840. Resided at Bastrop, Bastrop County, TX in 1860 with relatives; occupied as a clerk. Mustered into Company D at Houston, TX on September 7, 1861. Suffered slight forehead wound near Mossy Creek, TN on December 29, 1863. Present in February 1864. Killed near Rome, GA on October 13, 1864. Buried near Coosaville, GA. Source: http://www.terrystexasrangers.org/biographical_notes/n/nicholson_w.htm which has transcripts of numerous wartime letters with simply awesome historic military content. 1860 census shows Ruth as 12 years old.

Army of Northern Virginia field cancel: [due] 10 in circle on homemade cover addressed to Monroe, N.C. with endorsement of W. H. Collins, Co A 4th NC Cav. William H. Collins enlisted as a buglar and ws on the rolls 9-15-64 as Musician and Chief Bugler. Military records included. $130.

Army of Northern Virginia field marking: manuscript Due / 10,  on cover to his father Rev J[ohn]. S. Martin, Lexington, Va with pencil note of May 7, 1863 on verso (likely when contents removed by heir) and endorsement of T. R. Martin. Co F 10th Va Cav, Fine $120.

Thomas R. Martin enlisted as a private 4-17-61 at North Garden, Va. and rose through the ranks to 3rd Sergt. He was wounded 4-1-65 at Five Forks, Va. Early in the war he appears to have been in the 2st Va. Cavalry and subsequently the 10th Va. Cavalry. Military records included.

PETERSBURG / Va. / OCT / 5 [1864] and matching [due] 10 all in red – used only the end of 1864, addressed and addressed very faintly from Sgt. T. R. Martin to his family in Lexington, Va., on turned cover – inside with stamp missing and LEXINGTON / Va. cancel with fabulous military address “Sergt Thomas R. Martin, Co F. 10th Va. Cav., Chambliss Brigade, Wm. F[itzhugh’ Lee’s Division, Army of Northern Virginia in beautiful bold script. Could easily be steamed open. $200.

Thomas R. Martin enlisted as a private 4-17-61 at North Garden, Va. and rose through the ranks to 3rd Sergt. He was wounded 4-1-65 at Five Forks, Va. Early in the war he appears to have been in the 2st Va. Cavalry and subsequently the 10th Va. Cavalry. Military records included.

Army of Northern Virginia field marking: manuscript blue crayon Due / 10, on cover to his mother Mrs. Susan P. Martin, Lexington, Va with pencil note of “Sept 22, 1861, between Char[l]estown White Sulphur Spgs” on verso (likely when contents removed by heir) and endorsement of T. R. Martin, Capt Timberlake, Company F 1st regiment Cavalry, small reduction at left, Fine $130.

Thomas R. Martin enlisted as a private 4-17-61 at North Garden, Va. and rose through the ranks to 3rd Sergt. He was wounded 4-1-65 at Five Forks, Va. Early in the war he appears to have been in the 2st Va. Cavalry and subsequently the 10th Va. Cavalry. Military records included.

HOUSTON  / TEX faint to invisible cds with ms “Due” and handstamped red “5” on cover to Mrs. Junia M. Osterhout, Bellville, Austin Co, Tex[as], endorsed “From J P Osterhout, Private Co. A. Capt. McDade, Kirby’s Battalion” $250.

John Patterson Osterhout (1826-1903) was born in Pennsylvania and completed his education as a lawyer while carrying out a teaching career in that state. In 1851 he moved to Bellville, Texas. At first, he continued to be a teacher but, in the years up until his death, John held a number of different positions - lawyer, collecting agent, newspaper editor and owner, officer in the Confederate Army, railroad company president, judge, postmaster, rancher and a store owner. John was prominent in the Baptist church and Masonic communities and, later in his life, he was involved in state politics. The Osterhout Family Collection is housed at Rice University.

CHARLESTON / S.C. / JUN / 25 cds with ms pencil “Due” an bold large “10” on cover to Capt. D. H. Hamilton, Columbia, So. Ca. from another soldier endorsed “Soldiers Letter JMH MA” (Marian Artillery). $150.

Daniel Hayward Hamilton, Sr. commanded the First South Carolina and had two sons in service with him - D. H. Hamilton, Jr. and James Hamilton. James Hamilton, was a cadet at West Point in 1860-61, but resigned and enlisted in the South Carolina troops; was present at the reduction of Fort Sumter, and afterward served on the staff of Gen. Richard Taylor and John B. Hood, until near the close of the war, when he became chief of artillery of Gen. Joseph Wheeler's corps. D.H. Hamilton’s father was also named James Hamilton and was governor of South Carolina during the administration of President Andrew Jackson.

* SAVANNAH * / GEO somewhat blurry cds with matching [due] 10 on small homemade cover to Miss C. E. Wilkinson, Cusseta PO, Chattahoochee Co Georgia and endorsed from “Priv J. C. Wilkinson, Co C. M….. Capt …. Artillery at Sav[annah] Ga” Wilkinson was in the Light Artillery, Co. Georgia 1st Battalion Local Defense Infantry $110.

KINSTON / N.C. cds, no rate markings, on clean homemade cover to William Sexton, Esq., Bries Creek, Harnett Co, N.C. with endorsement of “Ja[me]s A. Sexton, Courier to Brig Genl [Junius] Daniel”. Sexton was 17 years old when he enlisted 3-2-62 as a private and was detailed as courier to Gen. Daniel. $300.

Brig. Gen. Junius Daniel (1828-1864) was appointed to West Point in 1851 and served in the U.S. Army until re resigned to take charge of his father’s planation in Louisiana in 1858. He offered his experience and ability to his state when Louisiana entered the Confederacy and was elected Colonel. Known for coolness and intrepid conduct during fighting, he had been recommended for promotion to Major General by Gen. Lee when he was cut down at Bloody Angle on the Spottsylvania lines May 12, 1864. Military records of Daniel and Private Sexton included.

GUINEYS / Va.  / DEC cds, manuscript “10 cts due”, to Mrs. D.R. Jamison, Care of Mr. T. H. Zimmer, St. Mathews, South Carolina on clean homemade cover endorsed by “D.R. Jamison, Ord[inance] Officer, Jenkins Brigade”. Signed Brian Green, Very Fine $120.

FRANKLIN DEPOT / Va. / MAY / 12 / 1863 cds (inverted date logo) with matching handstamped curved DUE / 10 all in blue on cover to Mrs. O. R. Broyles, Anderson C.H., S.C. with endorsement of O.R Broyles Comp G, 2nd S.C. Rifles, slight damp stains otherwise Fine. Ozey R. Broyles survived the war and surrendered with the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox in April 1865. The regiment fought in many famous battles including the Seven Days battles, 2nd Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Knoxville, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg and Appomattox. AKA Palmetto Regiment.   $140.

TUDOR HALL / VA. / NOV / 5 / 1861 cds with matching type I curved DUE / 5 on cover to Mrs Mattie C. Bradshaw, Hallsboro, Chesterfield County, Virginia with mandated endorsement of Private M. Bradshaw, Powhatan Troop, two pencil docketings indicating “Paid”, top back flap missing. Co E of the illustrious Powhatan Troop (or Cavalry) was organized by Philip St. George Cocke (who was promoted to Brig General but sadly committed suicide in December 1861 even after comporting himself well on the Manassas battlefield). $125.

Manson Bradshaw enlisted in the Powhatan Cavalry as a Corporal June 4, 1861 (solider and regimental histories include). He was taken prisoner at Williamsport, MD 9-11-62 and confined to Ft. Delaware. Exchanged, he was wounded 10-11-62 at Raccoon Ford, VA and again exchanged. He died of wounds on 11-1-63 at Chimborazo Hospital at Richmond.

* SAVANNAH * / GEO / DEC / 23 [1861], beautifully strike superb star cancel with red oval DUE / 5 on pristine cover to “Mis (sic) Eliza J. Hardman, Stone Mountain” with endorsement of “J. M. Nash, Privit Capt John Y Flowers, wright legion” with original soldiers letter headed “Campe Barto[w] December 9th 1861” to Eliza and F E Hardman and signed by John Miles Nash and Franc E Hardman who are clearly not well educated. Camp Bartow was in West Virginia where the 38th saw action, but was stationed at Savannah, perhaps this is the reason for the the lag time of the letter to mailing date or the letter has been switched with another of the same correspondence over the years. $450.

John Miles Nash enlisted 9-26-61 into Co. A, 38th Georgia Infantry as a private (also had service in Co. D) and rose to 4th Corporal 4-1-62. Wounded (place not stated), hand amputated and died 6-15-62 at Petersburg. 38th was Department of Georgia at the time of this letter, later Army of Northern Virginia. John Y. Flowers rose to Major but resigned due to disability July 1862.

TUDOR HALL / VA. / OCT / 15 / 1861 cds with matching [due] 10, type A, the 10¢ rate was necessary for a distance over 500 miles, addressed to Rev Thos R. Gary, Salubrity PO, South Carolina. Cover is endorsed by “Samuel J. Gary, Co. D of the Hampton Legion S.C. Volenteers (sic)”. Department of Northern Virginia, later ANV. Sealed edge tear along bottom and bit reduced at right. $65.

RICHMOND / Va. / APR / 22 / 1862 beautifully struck cancel on pristine cover with manuscript pencil “Due 2” drop rate to Mrs. Duncan G. Campbell, Richmond endorsed “D.G. Campbell, Lt Eng[ineer] Corps CSA” to his wife – dropped at the Richmond PO just as McClellan was beginning his peninsular campaing. Slightly reduced at right, Superb use with great provenance of ex Myerson and Wiseman. Duncan Green Campbell (1835-1889) was an engineering officer on the staff of several Generals during the war including Smith, Kershaw, McLaws, and Beauregard. Choice use! $600.

GORDONSVILLE / Va. / OCT / 13 superb cds with matching type II DUE 10 in arc on clean cover to Mr. Wm H Read, Palmers Springs, Va endorsed “From Private R. C. Mabry, Camp K, 6th Va. Regt,”slightly reduced at right. In early October 1862, the Army of Northern Virginia left the Shenandoah Valley and moved toward the Fredericksburg area. Mail from the scattered moving units was carried by couriers to Gordonsville daily. $230.

Robert C. Wabry enlisted as a private, was wounded at 2nd Manassas 8-30-62, later taken prisoner 3-28-65 at Burgess’ Mill, Va and ultimately exchanged well after the war 10-27-65. Military records included.

CULPEPER C.H. / Va. / 11 / AUG [1862] with matching type I DUE 10 in arc on clean cover to Mrs. J. Tutwiler, Havana, Greene County, Alabama endorsed by “Sgt. H.A. Tutwiler, Signal Corp. Gen. W. E. Jones Cav[alry] Brig[ade], A[rmy of] N[orthern] V[irginia]”. Military records show no more than on the cover, but Signal Corps covers are scarce and coveted. $250.

RICHMOND / VA. / JAN / 9 / 1862 with matching DUE 10 on cover addressed to Mrs. C. S. Branch, Savannah, Georgia which has been crossed out and redirected to #4 ½ Va. C.R.R. (a stop on the Virginia Central Railroad). Scarce Savannah FORWARDED black straightline with oxided red [due] 10 rate. Cover restoration at left edge. Endorsed “J.W. Branch, 2nd Lieut Co. ‘B’ 8th Ga. Vols.” Oddly enough, it appears there are two postal mistakes on this cover. The back bears an uncanceled 10¢ blue Paterson sealing the flaps, which appears to have been overlooked and was sent due; secondly, soldier’s mail was exempt from forwarding charges. A wonderful postal history use. $550.

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PETERSBURG / Va. / JUL / 17 blue cds with matching [due] 10, type C, on yellow cover to Mrs. J. H. David, Wallstreet, Georgia endorsed “A Soldiers letter” but no name, rank or unit as required, although likely Army of Northern Virginia. It made it to its destination anyway. $180.

[PETERSBURG, Va. DUE] 10 in red on Army of Northern Virginia soldiers cover to Isabella, Georgia endorsed by “W. A. Williams, Co E 20th Batn. Ga. Cav.”. ANV mail was routed through Petersburg late in the war and because of the large number of letters, the postmark was frequently was omitted, but rate was essential for accounting. This cancel only used for a few months in late 1864. Cover with light stain at upper left. $110.

SHELBYVILLE / Te. / JAN / 23 cds on cover, no rate, on cover to Lt. Jas A Hall, Care of Maj. B. Hall, Montgomery, Alabama endorsed by second officer W[illiam]. Wood, Lt., Co. K. 24th Regt. Ala. Vols., top back flap missing, lightly soiled, Fine. Although not so noted, was possibly official business as Hall was also in the 24th Alabama. Quick search of military records doesn't show more than on the cover. More research needed. $300.

Army of Northern Virginia field marking: DUE / 10,  type D1 (I) used only from September – November 1863, on cover to Mrs. Susan P. Martin, Lexington, Va with pencil 1863 docket and endorsement of T. R. Martin. Co F 10th Va Cavly (sic), couple tiny edge tears and flap tears, Fine,  Scarce type. $150.

Thomas R. Martin enlisted as a private 4-17-61 at North Garden, Va. and rose through the ranks to 3rd Sergt. He was wounded 4-1-65 at Five Forks, Va. Military records included.

Army of Northern Virginia field marking: DUE / 10,  type D2 (II) used March 1864 on cover endorsed from G T Peace Co E 23 NC Troops to Mr. W. K. Peace, Tranquility, NC, bit reduced at right into address, Scarce type.  $150.

George T. Peace was an 18 year-old farmer when he enlisted as a private. He was wounded at Spotsylvania C.H., Va. 5-12-64 (right leg amputated) and discharged for disability 1-28-65. Military records included.

Army of Northern Virginia field marking: DUE / 10,  type D3 (III) used October 1863-June 1864, addressed to P.C. Everett, Haynesville, Geo. on cover endorsed by “Priv. Everett Co ‘K’ 11th Ga”, Scarce type.  J.A. Everett enlisted 7-3-61 as a private and was surrendered at Appomattox 4-9-65. $140.

Army of Northern Virginia field marking: [due] 10,  type D5 (B) used April – December 1864, on cpver to Mrs. Henry Tucker, Clinton, S.C. Care of Thos. Duckett with mandated endorsement “Souldiers (sic) Letter Hamton (sic) Legion Co. K.”, bit reduced at right, Very Fine $120.

CHARLESTON / S.C. / OCT / 12 cds with matching [due] 10, type D used 1861-63 on fresh attractive gray and white enamel wallpaper cover from the John Berkley Grimball correspondence. The prominent Grimball family of Charleston, S.C. were owners of Pinebury and Grove plantations near Charleston and their correspondence is well known to Confederate students. Ex Kohn. $650.

Army of Tennesse field marking: [due] 10,  type C only used January-February 1865 on cover to John Ray Esq, Newnan, Ga and endorsed by L. R. Ray Co (H) 1st Regt. Ga Cav, small part back flap missing, Fine $150.

Lavender Roy Ray (1842-1916) enlisted as a private and rose through the ranks to Lieut. and Ordinance Officer. Detailed military records included.

Army of Tennesse field marking: DUE / 10,  type II used January – September 1864, on cover to Miss Bettie Buntyn, Griffin, Ga with endorsement of J.M. Matthew, Jeffess Battery, part back flap missing, Fine $150.