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 / 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. 

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.

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. 

(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.

“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.

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.

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.

Soldier’s DUE 10 with indistinct NEW MARKET / VA // 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.

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.

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.

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.

* 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. Detailed family history of Wells and Nash accompanies. $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.

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.

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 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.

RICHMOND / Va. // JUL / 1 / 1862 cds with matching DUE 10 on captured Howell’s Poems Patriotic addressed to “Rev. F. R. Goulting (aka Goulding), Macon, Ga” with soldier’s endorsement of "Sergt C. H. Goulting, Co. B. 8th Geo[rgia]"; First Day of 10¢ rate – a pivitol date for any Confederate collection and on a captured Union patriotic to boot. Ex Powell with 1988 CSA certificate #01731. $2,000. Also in the Patriotic section

Rev. Francis Robert Goulding (1810-1881) served as a chaplain during the war. His papers are at Emory University. C.H. Goulding is shown on the roster of Company B – Oglethorpe Light Infantry – Chatham County.

RICHMOND / Va. // OCT / 17 / 1863 cds with matching DUE 10 on lovely floralwallpaper cover in shades of blue and burgundy; endorsed by R. McMillan, Co., K 39th Regt N.C. T[roops] to Miss Kate McMillan, Dundarrach, Robeson County, NC;  Extremely Fine, Ex Weatherly. $900.

MURFREESBORO / TEN. // DEC / 11 / 1862 cds with matching curved DUE / 10 on fresh homemade cover to Maj. Bolling Hall, Montgomery, Ala. from Lieut. J. A. Hall, Co. K, 24 Ala Regt.; slightly reduced at right, nice markings, Ex Boshwit. $350.

James A. Hall is shown in military records as enlisting as a captain (records often missing pieces) and Bolling Hall, Jr. is shown with service in Co. C 6th AL Infantry, Field & Staff 50th AL Infantry and Co. E Hilliard’s 2nd AL Infantry with ranks ranging from Corporal to Colonel.

KINGSTON / TEN. // NOV / 6 cds with matching manuscript Due 10 on cvoer to Mr. Saxon Anderson, Talladega, Ala; endorsed by Pri[vate] J. L. Anderson Co A 2d Reg Ala & Miss Cava[lry]; slight edge faults at top, ex Boshwit $250.

The Second Alabama Cavalry was organized at Montgomery in May, 1862; was in north Alabama for a short time and was then sent to Florida, where it was employed for a time; sent to Jackson, Miss., in April, 1863, and fought Grierson; was employed in Mississippi until October of that year, when it was sent to northern Alabama and Tennessee. It was in Chalmers' brigade continuously after August, 1863. In General Wheeler's cavalry corps, this regiment did arduous duty in the Dalton-Atlanta campaign, losing heavily in the battle of July 22d before Atlanta. It skirmished in Sherman's rear, fighting almost daily, and followed him to Greensboro, N.C.; it formed part of the escort of President Davis to Georgia, where it surrendered at Forsyth.

YORKTOWN / Va. // AUG [1861] CDS with matching [due] 5 to “A. H. Stephens, Vice Presdt, Aouthern Confederacy, Richmond, Va.” on small commercially made cover with back flap fully intact (unusal in that most were ripped off from this correspondence), front face docketing “R.M. Foster Yorktown, Va Aug 10th wishes to borrow $10” – I hope they were well acquainted!  $180.

RICHMOND / VA. // JUN / 28 / 1863 CDS with matching DUE 10 on neat clean soldier’s cover with mandated soldier endorsement of Sergt C[yrus] A. Mathrews, Co. I, 46th Va. I Ref [Infantry]. $140.

Cyrus A. Mathews (1841-1915) enlisted 7-16-61 as a private. The included military records are quite detailed included his being captured 2-8-62 at Roanoke Island, NC, paroled and then taken prisoner again 4-3-65 at Sutherland’s Station, Va near war’s end. Oath of Allegiance taken in June at Point Lookout.

MACON / GA double circle with matching [due] 10 to Hon. Clifford Anderson, M.C. (Member of Congress), Richmond, Va.; the requisite sodlier’s endorsement is absent, sealed tear at top right, and tape flap repair. $150.

FAIRFAX C.H. / VA. 1861 CDS with manuscript “Due 5” on outer folded letter to “Hon. A.H. Stephens, Vice President C.S.A., Richmond, Virginia” with soldier’s endorsement “From W. M. Burwell, Co. C., 28th Reg. Va. Inf. C.S.A.” and usual Stephens correspondence docketing “W. M. Burwell, Camp Fairfax C.H., 16th Sept. 1861”. Intact back, unusual for this correspondence. $150

William M. Burwell enlisted on May 15, 1861 at Bedford as a private into Co. C., 28th Reg. Va. Infantry. He was transferred out on August 16, 1861 (he was secretary for the regiment) and into Virginia Bedford Light Artillery. He was promoted to 5th Sergeant 12-15-61. Avenel (listed in the National Register of Historic Places) was built between 1836-1838 and was the focal point of a 200-acre plantation owned by William and Frances Burwell. William M. Burwell was the son of William A. Burwell, who was secretary to Thomas Jefferson and an early U. S. Congressman. In 1838 William M. Burwell was elected to the Virginia House of Delegate and secured the charter of the first railroad in Central Virginia. listed in the National Register of Historic Places. listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

CHICAMAUGA [TENN] postmark at lower center of adversity cover with NOV / 14 / 1863 3-line straightline at top right and manuscript “Due 10” from “Private P[hillip] M. Thurmond, Company I, 24th Regiment S.C.V.” to “Mrs. P.M. Thurmond, Edgefield District, Cold Spring P.O., So Ca”. The cover is fashioned from a printed flyer “The Order for Daily Morning and Evening Prayer, according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of [America].” Sealed tear at lower left which is barely noticeable (sealed inside with hinges) and left back flap missing.  This is the latest known use of this rare canceling device. Thurmond was part of Gist’s Corps, Walker’s Division, Longstreet’s Corp, the Army of Tennessee. $2,000.

The Chickamauga cancel was long thought to be an Army of Tennessee field cancel, but recent research by noted military postal history student Stefan Jaronski has proved otherwise. There was a post office at Chickamauga Station, Tennessee during the Confederacy, established before Confederate troops moved to Chattanooga in 1863. The postmaster there used a manuscript postmarking device. When Chattanooga was evacuated in September 1863, Chattanooga postmaster Phillips moved operations to a location very close to Chickamauga Station. He set up in one or two railroad cars, and used his own postmarking device. His actions were officially sanctioned and documented in CSPOD records. The Chickamauga postmaster operated simultaneously with Phillips, but as a civilian post office. All CSPOD correspondence was with Phillips, officially setting him up as Army of Tennessee Post Office. Thus the Chickamauga postmaster operated as a civilian office. It did handle some military mail, very much like Tudor Hall, Travellers Repose, etc. This change to non-military status does not change the fact that it is a very rare cancel with only a handful known.  

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CHARLESTON / S.C. // OCT / 15 with matching [due] 10 on turned cover to Miss Anna Clark, Richmond Fact[ory] Georgia Care of Dr. J. B. Clark; endorsed “From S. R. Clark, Com F, 12th Batt. Ga. Vol.”; inside is manuscript “Richmond Factory [Georgia] / Oct 21 1863” and [Paid] “X” (X = “10”) to “Mr. Walter A. Clark, Oglethorpe Artillery, Gordon’s Regiment, Savannah, Geo”. Top back flap missing and small piece at top into soldier endorsement. $270.

Samuel Reuben Clark enlisted as a private 4-15-62 into Co. F. Ga 12th Bn Light Artillery. He was listed as wounded (lost a leg) and taken prisoner at Moncacy, Md. 7-12-64. Military records accompany, including later aged photo.

Walter Augustus Clark was 19 years old when he enlisted as a private but transferred through 1st Ga. Vol. Inf., 12th Ga. Battn Heavy Artillery and 63rd Ga. Infantry promoted through the ranks to Asst. Surgeon and 1st Lieut. Military records accompany, including later aged photo.  In later years, he wrote a book of CW Memoirs entitled Under the Stars and Bars: "The sick were being shipped to points on the Atlanta and West Point Road," wrote Walter A. Clark, a former Emory student and Confederate orderly sergeant who published a memoir of his service years in 1900. "Sick and wounded were said to be 'dying like sheep.' Having no special desire to die in that way or in any other way . . . I asked assignment to some hospital on the Georgia Railroad." In July of 1864, the ailing Clark was carried by the Georgia Railroad to Oxford. He was recuperating there when Union cavalry forces under the command of Brigadier General Kenner Garrard raided Oxford. More details at http://emoryhistory.emory.edu/enigmas/cemetery.htm

CHARLESTON / S.C. // OCT / 25 with scarce matching [due] 2 on drop letter to Edw[ar]d McCrady, Charleston; top back flap missing, Van Dyk MacBride pencil notations on verso, ex Antrim and Kohn. $450.

Edward McCrady rose 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. 

CHARLESTON / S.C. // APR / 16 with scarce matching [due] 2 on drop letter to Miss M. D. Reeder, Charleston “From Wm. Reeder, Palmetto Guard, Seige Train” – a very desirable address; top back flap missing. The South Carolina 18th Heavy Artillery Battalion was called the "Siege Train Artillery Battalion" and the "Palmetto Guard," The 18th was organized in 1862 with three companies in Charleston, South Carolina. They fought at Fort Sumter, Grimball's Landing, Battery Wagner, James Island, and John's Island. In 1864, Company C was transferred to Pegram's Battalion of Artillery of the Army of Northern Virginia and fought its last battle as artillery at the Petersburg. What remained after the Petersburg siege, served as infantry in the Army of Tennessee, which surrendered in April of 1865. $550.

CHARLESTON / S.C. // JAN / 30 with scarce matching [due] 2 on drop letter to Mr. C. P. Bull, E. Bull, Esq, Charleston with endorsement “Soldier’s Letter, Hatch’s Regiment” as well as “Morris Island” at upper right; small piece out at top which is restored a bit into cds and ms; Hatch's Regiment Coastal Rangers subsequently became 23rd Regiment, South Carolina Infantry. Ex David Kohn and Ken Whittle. $450.

RICHMOND / Va. // JUN / 30 / 1862 cds on cover addressed to Mrs. Mattie C. Bradshaw, Hallsboro, Chesterfield County, Virginia – the Last Day of the 5¢ postage rate before it switched to the universal 10¢ rate on July 1st, with matching DUE 5. Endorsed by Private M. Bradshaw 4th Va Cavalry. Pivotal date for the postal historian.  $600.

Manson Bradshaw enlisted as a corporal 6-6-61 into Co. E., Va. 4th Cavalry. He was hospitalized at Chimborazo in Richmond 4-16-62, taken POW at Williamsport, Md, confined at Ft. Delaware, wounded in the neck and shoulder at Raccoon Ford, Va. and exchanged 11-10-62 at Aiken’s Landing. Next thing noted is that he died of wounds  at Chimborazo Hospital on 11-1-63, but no record of where those wounds were received. Military records included.

DUE 10 handstamp with no town noted on burgundy and gray leaf patterned wallpaper cover addressed to Robert McBride, Yonguesville, Fairfield Dist[rict] So Ca; endorsed by [Private] “H. C. McBride, Com. B. forth (sic) regiment so ca vol”. Military records do not show any more about McBride than presented on the cover. The 4th Cavalry Regiment, also called Rutledge's Cavalry, was organized in January 1863 by consolidating the 10th and 12th Battalions SC Cavalry. $700.

POCOTALIGO / S.C. cds with matching DUE 10 handstamp on adversity cover fashioned from Charleston bill of lading; addressed to Miss Mary C. Cumming, Warthens Store, Washington Co., Ga.; endorsed by “D[avid] R. Cumming, Hospt Stewd (Hospital Steward) 12th [Heavy Artillery] Batt Ga Vols”; military records included  $400.

CHARLESTON / S.C. // JUL / 29 / 1862 double circle cancel with matching large [due] 10 on homemade  cover to Dr. J. Winsmith, Glenn Springs P.O., So.Ca.; endorsed “From Capt. Winsmith, Co. H 1st Regt S.C.V.”; 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. $125.

ATLANTA / Ga. // OCT / 4 / 1862 cds with matching DUE 10 on cover to Capt John ONeill, Montague, Texas with endorsement “From J. S. O’Neill of the Eleventh Regmt of Texas Dismounted Cavalry”; bit roughly opened at right. $250.

CHARLESTON / S.C. // JAN / 30 bold cds with matching large [due] 10 from S.N. Kennerly, Lt. Co G, 25 Regt S.C.V. to Orangeburg, SC  $160.

Samuel N. Kennerly was commissioned into Co. “A” of the SC 1st Infantry on January 22, 1861 as a 2nd Lieutenant and discharged on 4-12-1862. On July 22, 1862 he was commissioned as a 1st Lieutenant into “G” Company SC 25th Infantry; he was killed on August 21, 1864 at Weldon Railroad, Virginia.

RICHMOND / Va. // DEC / 6 / 1861 cds on fresh cover with matching straightline DUE 10 and frank of Howell Cobb M.C. to Mrs. Cobb in Athens Georgia. Howell Cobb served as president of the Confederate Provisional Congress (1861-62) and a major general of the Confederate army. His personal history is well-known and llustrious. Congressmen were permitted to send letters without the prepayment of postage. The postage was to be paid on delivery by the recipient. All such letters were to be endorsed with the signature of the congressman. This privilege was not widely used as congressmen were probably reluctant to have their constituents pay to receive their letters. In this case, it was Cobb’s wife so did not mater. Scarce Member of Congress frank.  Ex Hedin $400.

FRANKLIN DEPOT / Va. // APR / 1 blue cds with matching curved DUE 10 handstamp on cover to Miss Rebecca C. Easterling, Manning South Carolina with endorsement of E. C. Easterling, Co. (A) Hamptons Legion, Ex Oswald.  $250.

Easterling, Edward C.  PVT 1861 65; student Wofford College 1855 56; then student at University of North Carolina in Class of 1861 from 1858 until left school with classmates before graduation to enlist; Board of Trustees in 1910 awarded degrees to all members of the Class who so withdrew; so he is carried on the rolls of UNC Chapel Hill as a graduate Class of 1861; in River and Harbor Service postwar; b. Georgetown 1836; d. unknown date; buried in  Clayton, Barbour County, Alabama.

WELDON / N.C. // JUN / 10 / 1863 cds with matching handstamped DUE 10 on cover to Mrs. C. M. McDonald, Renwick, Ga; endorsed by Private A.M. McDonald, Co (C), 10th Batt. Ga. Vol. (AKA Zollicoffer Rifles) $170.

The 10th Battalion of Georgia Volunteers was listed as assigned to Military District of Georgia, commanded by Brigadier General Hugh W. Mercer. Their first duties were Georgia coastal defense. The 10th Battalion, Georgia Volunteers remained at Camp Stephens until 14 May 1862 when it received orders to proceed to Macon, Georgia The battalion was sent there to guard several thousand federal prisoners at Camp Oglethorpe located near Macon and the supplies stored there. They also served under Robert E. Lee and were under the command of D.H. Hill at the time of this mailing. Full military details available at http://www.researchonline.net/gacw/unit38a.htm

RICHMOND / Va. // May / 4 [1864] cds with matching handstamped DUE 10 on cover to “Maj. Bolling Hall, Montgomery, Ala” with soldier’s endorsement of “J. E. Hall, Capt., Co B, 59th Ala Regt” and docketing “Copied May 3rd 1864”; John Elmore Hall enlisted as a Captain in stated regiment (shown wounded at Petersburg) in which Col. Bolling Hall, Jr. is also shown on the roster. Bolling Hall, Jr. of Autauga was wounded at Drewry’s Bluff and was in the Battle of Chicamauga as battalion commander. Much information may be found online on the Hall family which was illustrious back to the Revolutionary War.  $160.

WINCHESTER / VA / JUL / 19 [1861] cds with matching handstamped DUE 10 on cover to Miss Sallie L. Simmons, Donaldsville, Abbeville Dist, South Carolina Care of Joel F. S. Smith Esq with soldier’s endorsement of J. B. Simmons, James Battery S.C. Vols. Winchester changed hands over 80 times during the war. According to local lore, the postmaster would look out his window to determine whether to put Confederate or Union stamps on the envelopes.  Ex Hambrecht.  $170.

BOWLING GREEN / KY. // JAN / 21 cds on cover with manuscript D[ue] 5 on cover to Mr. Allen K. Jone[es], Mifflin, Tenn; cover bit reduced at right into name and edge stained; mandated endorsement of D. C. Jones, Private Capt. King’s Co., [Terry’s] Texas Rangers.  Terry’s Texas 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. Scarce cancel from this famous unit. $550.

David Chapman Jones was one of three brothers serving in the Rangers and writing home to their father and each other. Their 1861-62 papers are in the State Historical Society of Missouri.

TUDOR Hall / VA. // NOV / 26 cds with matching DUE 10 on cover to Mrs. Jacob F. Strait Care Dr. Wm. Wylie, Lewisville, Chester District, S.C., with endorsement “Franked G. L. Strait Capt, Co. B, 6th Regt S.C.V.” both at top and at left edge. The 6th Regt was also known as the Catawba Guards. $150.

Dr. Gilbert Motier Lafayette Strait received his M.D. degree from the University of the City of New York, Medical Department in 1858 and practiced medicine in Chester, SC, in 1860. In the war, he was initially a Capt, 6th SC Inf.  He resigned from this position in January, 1863, to be appointed an Assistant Surgeon, Palmetto Sharpshooters [SC].  For a brief period he acted as a [full] Surgeon, but does not appear to have been appointed to this level.  He died of dysentery in October, 1863. He is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Chester, SC.

“Due 10 / Clayton Ga / Mar 16”, all in manuscript on cover to Mrs. Mary D. Bell, Gainsville, Ga. with mandated soldier’s endorsement of “C. C. Bell, company D., 16 Ga. gorgia battalion partisan raingers”, slightly reduced at left with small edge nick out, this is a new listing for the forthcoming CSA Catalog.  This unit was also known as 16th Battalion Georgia Volunteer Cavalry and ultimately became the 13th Battalion Georgia Volunteer Cavalry by January 1865. The 16th was part of Gen. Morgan's command early in the war. $250.

RALEIGH / N.C. // FEB / 11 double circle pmk in blue with matching DUE 5 on cover to John K. Campbell Esq., Fayetteville, N.C. with soldier’s endorsement in same hand on back flap “Sergeant D. K. Campbell, Co. K, 38 regiment N.C. Vounte[ers]”, slightly reduced at right, also endorsed up left side (maybe he didn’t see verso and “covered” for him?) “Capt. [Murdock] McLauchlin Co. N.C. Vol.” Military bios of both included.  $200.

Daniel K. Campbell was a 29 year-old farmer when he enlisted 11-9-61 at Cumberland County NC as a 1st Sergt. in Co. K, NC 38th Infantry. He was taken prisoner at Falling Waters, MD 7-14-63 and confined to Fort McHenry, transferred to Point Lookout and exchanged for further duty. He was taken prisoner again near Petersburg on 4-2-65 very near the time of Lee’s surrender and confined to Hart’s Island in NY Harbor when he remained until 6-18-65. The 38th were also known as The Carolina Boys. On 14 June 1862, the regiment was assigned to William Dorsey Pender’s Brigade of A.P. Hill’s “Light Division” and would remain part of this organization until the Lee’s surrender in 1865.
Murdock McRae McLauchlin was a 28 year-old teacher when he enlisted 11-9-61 as a captain in Co. K, NC 38th Infantry. He was promoted to Major 1-14-63 and wounded in the face at Chancellorsville 5-3-63. He resigned due to disability on 2-16-64.

RALEIGH / N.C. // DEC double circle pmk with matching DUE 10 on cover to Jno. W. Stovall, Oxford, Granville [Co], NC with routing “By Way of the Sassafras Fork Mail” Sassafras Fork was the township north of Oxford in Granville County. Interesting side note is that the name of Sassafras Fork PO was changed to Stovall February 1, 1887. Mandated soldier endorsement “From D. Stovall [Co. B] 1st Regt. Ga. Reserves”.   $170.

WILLIAMSTON / N.C. // NOV / 2  30-mm cds with matching DUE 10 on cover to Jno. W. Stovall, Oxford, Granville Co, NC with routing “PM Forward to Sassafras Fork”. Mandated soldier endorsement “From D. Stovall Co. B, 1st Regt. Ga. Reserves”.  Sassafras Fork was the township north of Oxford in Granville County. Interesting side note is that the name of Sassafras Fork PO was changed to Stovall February 1, 1887. A new listing for the forthcoming CSA Catalog. $300.

[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.

[Due] 10 large bold numeral only handstamp on cover to New Centre, S.C. on soldier’s cover “From Sergt J.W. Pursley Co G 18th S.C.V.” Military records show J. Warren Pursley as a 1st Lieut. in same which was from York County and known as the Mountain Guards. Very Fine $150.

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 one very long sheet (won’t all fit on my scanner bed) 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. It was commanded by Maj. James J. Lucas. $550.

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“Hardeeville [SC] Feb 6 [1862] Due 5” manuscript postmark on cover to Judge Iverson L. Harris [Sr] Milledgeville, Georgia with mandated soldier endorsement of “J. L. Harris, Jr. Assist. Surgeon Phillips Legion”.  Detailed bio included from the unpublished biographical register of  physicians who served the Confederacy in a medical capacity, courtesy of Drs. F. T. Hambrecht and J.L. Koste. Ex Matz and Hambrecht  $280.

Iverson Louis Harris, Jr. (1835-1893) received his M.D. degree from Philadelphia Medical College. He enlisted in Cobb County, Ga as 2nd Sgt Co. A, Phillips Legion Cavalry and became Asst. Surgeon in April of 1862 in the same unit. In June 1862 he was appointed Surgeon for the 50th Georgia Infantry and served in various locations. At the end of the was he was Surgeon to the 1st Ga Cavalry Battalion Reserves in Macon April 1865. Iverson Louis Harris, Sr.  (1805-1876) of Milledgeville, Ga., was a justice of the Georgia superior court (1859-1865) and of the Georgia supreme court (1865-1876).

HALIFAX / N.C. // FEB / 12 / 1862 cds with manuscript penciled DUE 5 cts on cover to Col. A. McMillan, Dundarrack P.O., Robeson County, N.C. with soldier’s endorsement “Seargt. D. McMillan, Co K 38th Regt N.C.T.”. The 38th were also known as The Carolina Boys. On 14 June 1862, the regiment was assigned to William Dorsey Pender’s Brigade of A.P. Hill’s “Light Division” and would remain part of this organization until the Lee’s surrender in 1865. $180.

Daniel McMillan was a 21 year-old farmer when he enlisted as a sergeant into the 38th NC. He was taken prisoner 7-14-53 at Falling Waters, MD and died in prison 3-14-64 at Point Lookout.

“Lt. W[illiam]. W Davidson, Co I 25 Va. Battl.” soldier’s endorsement on cover but no postal markings, thus likely hand carried; light penciled contemporary Sept 9th, 1863 at upper right, addressed to Jas. D. Davidson, Lexington, Va., fresh and Fine, J.D. Davidson was a Washington & Lee trustee   $75. 

CHARLESTON / S.C. // JAN / 30 / 186? cds with no rate markings or stamps on cover addressed to Danl. H. Coombs, Esq., Laurens Hill, Georgia with soldier endorsement of J. T. Coombs, Co. I., 6th Ga. Regt.; reduced slightly irregularly at right. $140.

James T. Coombs (1945-1915) was from Twiggs County, Ga and mustered into Co. I GA 6th Infantry (Twiggs County Guards) as a private on 5-27-61 at Greensboro NC. He was wounded 9-17-62 at Sharpsburg (Antietam), MD and surrendered 4-26-65 at Greensboro, NC.

“Green Pond SC / Aug 31 / Due 10” manuscript postmark on homemade cover fashioned from thick laid paper; addressed in pencil to Miss Mollie D. Reeder, Manning, So. Ca. and endorsed “From Wm. Reeder, Palmetto Guard Arty Co H So Car Siege Train, Green Pond, So Ca”.  The South Carolina 18th Heavy Artillery Battalion was called the "Siege Train Artillery Battalion" and the "Palmetto Guard," The 18th was organized in 1862 with three companies in Charleston, South Carolina. They fought at Fort Sumter, Grimball's Landing, Battery Wagner, James Island, and John's Island. In 1864, Company C was transferred to Pegram's Battalion of Artillery of the Army of Northern Virginia and fought its last battle as artillery at the Petersburg. What remained after the Petersburg siege, served as infantry in the Army of Tennessee, which surrendered in April of 1865.  $275.

CHARLESTON / S.C. // JAN / 22 [1865] double circle cancel on small homemade cover to Mrs. J. A. Woodruff, Abbeville C.H., S.C. with matching [due] 10 and mandated endorsement “Soldier’s Letter SCB – Palmetto Guards”. With original articulate 2-page letter in pencil on blue paper headed “Artillery X Roads James Island Jan 18th 1865” to his sister saying he answered her last letter when they were at Battery Heyward on December 11th, but they received order on the 3d Jany and left Camp Rhett to “report to Green Pond where we were to turn over to the Quartermaster our Horses & & our Guns had been sent to the Companies Battery 2 or 3 day before). And after that to report to James island to Major Manigault as Heavy Artillery. On the 6th inst. we arrived at James Island and marched to our old camp. I am sorry our Battery has been taken from us, as we are now more Infantry than Artillery…I think affairs of our Government look very gloomy at present. A report reached us yesterday that Wilmington had fallen, another report this morning say the Rl Rd between Augusta & Branchville was cut by the enemy yesterday.” Plus much more.  $275.

The South Carolina 18th Heavy Artillery Battalion was called the "Siege Train Artillery Battalion" and the "Palmetto Guard," The 18th was organized in 1862 with three companies in Charleston, South Carolina. They fought at Fort Sumter, Grimball's Landing, Battery Wagner, James Island, and John's Island. In 1864, Company C was transferred to Pegram's Battalion of Artillery of the Army of Northern Virginia and fought its last battle as artillery at the Petersburg. What remained after the Petersburg siege, served as infantry in the Army of Tennessee, which surrendered in April of 1865.

 [Petersburg, Va due] red 10 in circle, Army of Northern Virginia use on cover to Mrs. W. H. Felker, Hebron, SC with endorsement “A Soldier’s Letter, Co. E, 18th SCV”; from Private Wiley H. Felker of that unit. He is listed as from Spartanburg and a prisoner of war at Hart’s Island during April-July 1865 according to National Archives Microfilm #598-79.  $150.

BRISTOL V & T R.R., beautiful strike on embossed attorney corner card cover with handstamped DUE 10 to Mrs. D. B. Edwards, Benton, Ala. with endorsement of D. B. Edwards, Co “A” 44 Ala Regt.; tear at upper left just into corner card but not readily apparent. Lovely rail road use.  $800. 

Daniel B. Edwards (1836 – 1911) enlisted 3-15-62 at Pleasant Hill, AL as a 2nd Lieut at the age of 25. He was promoted to Captain 6-16-64. He was captured at Suffolk, VA (no date listed) and paroled a month later. The 44th Alabama saw action in Second Manassas, Harper’s Ferry, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Petersburg and Gettysburg, to name but a few. He was surrendered at Appomattox 4-9-65. Detailed record and later in life SCV image included.

CULPEPER C.H. / Va. // 28 / AUG cds with matching DUE 10 on soldier’s cover from L. C. Randolph, Surgeon 63rd N.C.T. (North Carolina Troops) to Mrs. F. F. Randolph, Carters Bridge, Albemarle, Va.; back flap faults and small faults at left cover edge.  Ex Hambrecht. Detailed bio included from the unpublished biographical register of  physicians who served the Confederacy in a medical capacity, courtesy of Drs. F. T. Hambrecht and J.L. Koste. $180.

Dr. Lewis Carter Randolph,AKA Louis Carter Randolph (1838-1887) was born in Albemarle County, Va.; he received his M.D. degree from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia in 1859. He was an assistant surgeon and surgeon in various units including 63rd NCT, 66th NCT, 5th NC Cavalry, 9th VA Cavalry and 46th VA Infantry.  

PETERSBURG / Va. // JUN / 17  blue cds with matching [due] 10 on adversity cover to Mrs. J. Adger Smyth, Wright’s Bluff, Clarendon Dist, So Ca from her soldier husband, on adversity cover fashioned from printed form. First time in philatelic hands.  $220.

JAMES ADGER SMYTHE (1837-1920) was a QuarterMaster Sergeant in Company A, 25th South Carolina Infantry Regiment April 1862- 1865. He was a factor / merchant with Adger and Smyth and planted cotton at his wife's Cedar Grove Plantation, Sumter District. Smythe (aka Smyth) was a Charleston Alderman1877-1885 and mayor of Charleston 1895-1903.

PETERSBURG Va. // MAY / 26  blue cds with matching [due] 10 on adversity cover fashioned from Charleston Rail Road freight receipt, addressed to E. H.  Barkley, Esq., Williamston PO, Anderson Dist, SC with endorsement of W. V. Barkley, Co D 18th S.C.V.  Most attractive use.  $325.

 [Army of Northern Virginia] DUE 10 on cover addressed to Sheriff Rowan County, Salisbury NC with mandated endorsement “from A. L. deArmond, Co. K. 30th Regt NC” with “OB” (Official Business) at top left. Full election returns enclosed on legal size paper headed “HeadQuarters 30th NC Troops near Kelly Ford Va Oct 29 1863”. Previously unrecorded marking from the ANV. $220.

Aaron Leonidas DeArmond (1827-1864) was 35 years old when he enlisted 9-13-61 as a Sergeant into Co. K. NC 30th Infantry Ramseur's Brigade Rode's Div. Ewells' Corps.Army of Northern VA CSA. He was taken prisoner at Sharpsburg, paroled and then wounded a few months later at Fredericksburg. He was taken prisoner again at Kelly’s Ford from where this election return was sent. He was confined at Point Lookout, paroled and exchanged. He was wounded again at Snicker’s Gap and died a month later from his wounds. Although the promotion is not on the included military records, the regimental history roster shows him at Kelly’s Ford as “Capt’d Sgt A. L. DeArmond”. He died only three miles from his home. There is an SCV Camp named in his honor.

[Army of Northern Virginia] DUE 10 on cover addressed “To the Sheriff of Rowan Co H, Salisbury NC” with mandated endorsement “From J. B. Wood Comp B, 46th Regt N.C.T.” with docketing “Election Returns” up left side. Original returns with names of all those voting enclosed dated 27 Oct 1863 signed J. B. Wood, Miles A. Green and Andrew Barger. Previously unrecorded marking from the ANV. $200.

The 46th NC Regiment served in General J. G. Walker's and Cooke's Brigade and was active in various conflicts of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Fredericksburg. It was later sent to Pocataligo, SC, where it was stationed until June, 1863. Returning to Virginia, the 46th fought at Bristoe, The Wilderness , Spotsylvania , and Cold Harbor, then endured the hardships of the Petersburg trenches south of the James River; it ended the war at Appomattox .

[Army of Northern Virginia] DUE 10 on clean cover addressed to Sheriff Rowan County, NC with mandated endorsement “S.B. West / Capt. 5th N.C.T. [Company E]” with “OB” (Official Business) at top right. Full election returns enclosed with names of all those voting “for a member of the House of Representatives of the next Confederate Congress for the Eight Cngressional District of No. Ca.” dated 29 Oct 1863 signed Levi Bame, Jesse A. Parks, S. B. West. This is a previously unrecorded marking from the ANV. All military records included. $200.

Speight Brockhurst West was a 25 year-old merchant when he enlisted 5-16-61 at Craven County NC as a 1st Lieut, commissioned into Co. D, 5th NC Infantry but transferred to Co. E and promoted to Captain 3-5-62. He was wounded at Williamsburg (then confined as POW at Fort Monroe and exchanged), wounded also at Gettysburg where he served under Gen. R. E. Rodes, again wounded at Spotsylvania and Cedar Creek. 
Levi Bame was a 22 year-old farmer when he mustered into Co. E. NC 5th Infantry on 7-8-61 as a private. He was promoted to Corp. and then Sergt, was wounded at Chancellorsville and take POW at Spotsylvania.
Jesse A. Parks was a 24 year-old famer when he mustered into Co. E. NC 5th Infantry on 7-20-61 as a private. He was listed as wounded and taken prisoner at Williamsburg (hospitalized in Baltimore and exchanged), wounded again at Chancellorsville and Winchester where also taken prisoner. Transferred to Point Lookout 12-8-64 and took the Oath of Allegiance there 6-17-65.

[Army of Northern Virginia] DUE 10 on cover addressed to Sheriff Rowan County, Salisbury, NC with mandated endorsement “ J. G. Morrison, Adjt. 57 NCT”, bit soiled and edge worn. Two enclosures: Handwritten General Orders No. 25 headed HeadQuarters 57th NCT / Oct. 29, 1863 (page torn across top into heading) stating there was to be an election for members of congress for the 5th, 6th , 7th, 8th and 9th congressional districts. Signed Lt. Col. H. C. Jones, Jr. Comgd, J. G. Morrison, Adjustant. It appoints the following to act as judges for the 8th congressional district: C. H. Pharr, Cabarrus Co., NC; J. W. Stroup, Gaston; and M. A. Holshouse, Rowan. The second sheet is list of votes, front and back. Both sheets are in light ink, but readable.  Previously unrecorded marking from the ANV. $160.

Capt. Joseph Graham Morrison (1 Jun 1842 - 11 Apr 1906) born and died in Charlotte, NC. He was the son of Rev. Dr. Robert Hall Morrison, the first President of Davidson College, Davidson, NC and Mary Graham. Joseph was also the brother of Mary Anna Morrison, the wife of Gen. Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson, Isabella S. Morrison the wife of Gen. Daniel Harvey Hill, and Eugenia Erixene Morrison the wife of Gen. Rufus Clay Barringer. Morrison was a student at VMI (Class of 1865) when the war began. He left VMI and was commissioned a Lt. and became an ADC (aide-de-camp) on his brother-in-law Gen. Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson's staff in June 1862. In the Antietam Campaign he was ADC to Gen. Jackson and was with Gen. Jackson when he was mortally wounded at Chancellorsville in May 1863. After Chancellorsville in July 1863 rather than transferring to Gen. Ewell's command with the rest of Gen. Jackson's staff, he joined the staff of Gen. Ramseur. The Morrisons knew the Ramseurs since both had lived in Lincolnton, NC. In September 1863, Joseph Morrison was transferred to the 57th NC Regiment as Adjutant. By 1865 he was a Captain of Co F, 57th NC Regiment and lost a foot shortly after at Petersburg while away from his regiment visiting Gen. Hoke. After the war he was suffering from tuberculosis and spent the four years following the war in California recuperating. In 1869, he came home to North Carolina where he was a planter and ran the Mariposa Cotton Mills.
Lt. Col. Hamilton Chamberlain Jones, Jr. enlisted 5-16-61 as a Captain into Co. K, 5th NC Infantry but was promoted to Lt. Col. and transferred to Field & Staff on 5th NC Infantry 7-17-62. He was listed as wounded at Williamsburg, taken prisoner at Rappahannock Station, confined to Old Capitol Prison, Johnson’s Island and Fort Monroe; exchanged at Ft. Monroe 2-8-65 and wounded 3-25-65 at Fort Stedman. Paroled 5-12-65 Salisbury, NC. Very long detailed biography included. Illustrious political and legislative family from the Revolutionary war forward.

[Army of Northern Virginia] DUE 10 on cover addressed to Wm. A Walton, Sheriff Rowan County, Salisbury, Rowan County, N Carolina with endorsement of B[artlett] Allen, Private Co G 6 N.C., J[acob] M. Richie, and J[ohn] C. Graham (election judges). Original election returns enclosed headed “Camp 6th N.C. State Troops, Army of Noruthern Va Oct 19th, 1863” signed by Robt F. Webb, Col. 6th NC Troops with 29 voters listed on front and back of lined paper. Previously unrecorded marking from the ANV. $200.

Col. Robert F. Webb was a 38 year-old farmer who enlisted 5-20-61 as a Captain in Co. B., NC 6th Infantry and rose to full Colonel. He was wounded at Sharpsburg, taken prisoner at Rappahannock station and confined at Johnson’s Island for a year and a half, released on Oath of Allegiance 6-25-65. Maj. Gen. Wm. Dorsey Pender, cut down at Gettsyburg,  had led the 6th NC as a Colonel earlier in the war.

[Army of Northern Virginia] DUE [10] on cover addressed to “ A. W.Walton, Sherriff Rowan County, Salisbury, N. C. with “O.B.” (Official Business) at upper left. The due marking is not sufficiently well struck (upside down) to identify exact type. Duplicate election returns on French embossed blue lined paper headed “Proceedings of an election held at the Camp of the 7th Regt. NC Troops near Brandy Stations, Va for Congressman of the County of Rowan NC…29th Oct 1863.” Eleven votes were cast, ten of which were for J. G. Ramsey and one for Wm. Lander. Attested to by judges Caleb Eller, C. P. Hughes and Jesse Reid as well as clerks A.M. Walker and W. H. Millstead. The unit was assigned to General Branch's, Law's, and Lane's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. After fighting at Hanover Court House , it participated in the various campaigns of the army from the Seven Day' Battles to Cold Harbor , then was involved in the Petersburg siege south and north of the James River.  $130.

Lieut. Arthur M. Walker was a 26 year-old farmer when he enlisted from Alexander County into Co. K, NC 7th Infantry as a Sergeant. He was wounded at Richmond and hospitalized, he was nominated for Badge of Distinction for gallantry at Chancellorsville, wounded at Gettysburg in knee and breast, hospitalized and returned to the rolls. Paroled at Greensboro 5-1-65.
Private William H. Millstead was a 21 year-old student from Alexander County when he enlisted into Co. A, NC 7th Infantry. He was promoted to corporal but reduced to ranks and confined to the Guard House for mutinous conduct.
Private Caleb Eller was from Iredell County when he mustered into Co. F, NC 7th Infantry. He was taken prisoner at Rickett’s Farm, Va and confined at both Point Lookout and Elmira.
Private Christopher S. Hughes was a 21 year-old farmer when he enlisted from Rowan County into Co. F, NC 7th Infantry. He was hospitalized with a gunshot wound in Richmond and paroled from Salisbury 5-20-65.
Private Jesse Reid was from Iredell County when he mustered into Co. F, NC 7th Infantry. He rose to Sergeant and was paroled from Salisbury 5-19-65.

RICHMOND / VA. // APR / 24 / 1863 cds with matching handstamped DUE 10 on cover to Mrs. Nancy J. Bradshaw, Mount Pisgah, Alexander Co NC with endorsement of Serg J. N. Bradshaw, Co. G 38th NC Troops. Small upper left corner fault. $120.

Sergt John S. Bradshaw was a 20 year-old farmer when he enlisted 11-2-61 at Alexander as a private into Co. G., NC 38th Infantry. He was wounded at both 2nd Manassas and Chancellorsville but returned to duty both times to ultimately surrender with the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House 4-9-65.

TENNVILLE / GA // NOV / 25 cds with manuscript “Due 10” on slightly edge worn cover to Mrs. Martha Inglet, Berzelia, Geor[gia] with mandated endorsement of “Sargt T. W. G. Inglet, Co. C, 28 Regt Geor Vol”. This marking is newly recorded. $180.

T.W.G. Inglet (listed in records incorrectly as Inglett) enlisted as a Private on 9-10-61. Appointed 2nd Corporal on 9-1-63. Wounded in the left hand, necessitating amputation of two fingers, at Cold Harbor 9-27-62  and again in right foot at Darbytown Road, VA 10-7-64. Furloughed from Jackson Hospital at Richmond in 1864, and was in an Augusta, Georgia, hospital at the close of the war. He was born in Richmond County, Georgia, on February 27, 1839.

TUDOR HALL / Va. // JAN / 28 / 1862 cds with matching DUE 10 on cover to Mrs. Martha Inglet, Berzelia, Columbia Co[unty] Geor[gia] with mandated endorsement of “From T. Inglet, Co. C, 28 Regt Geor Vol”. $150.

T.W.G. Inglet (listed in accompanying records incorrectly as Inglett) enlisted as a Private on 9-10-61. Appointed 2nd Corporal on 9-1-63. Wounded in the left hand, necessitating amputation of two fingers, at Cold Harbor 9-27-62  and again in right foot at Darbytown Road, VA 10-7-64. Furloughed from Jackson Hospital at Richmond in 1864, and was in an Augusta, Georgia, hospital at the close of the war. He was born in Richmond County, Georgia, on February 27, 1839.

DUE 10 Army field cancel struck on irregularly shaped homemade envelope to Mrs. Charlotta J. Thompson, Alpharetta, Ga with mandated endorsement of W. Thompson in Co G 56th Regt Ga Vols. The 56th was also known as the 55th Ga. from Milton County. In unit records, Private Wilburn Thompson was noted as present “May 3, 1862 but left sick at Dalton, Georgia in 1864, captured there, and sent to Indiana. Never heard from.” An online geneology site reports that he was taken to Camp Morton, Indiana. Wilburn Thompson's wife, Charlotte"Lottie" Segars Thompson drew a widows pension for many years, but never knew what happened to her husband. The family researcher found a book at the GeorgiaArchives that listed Confederate soldiers buried in Northern cemeteries, and it showed that Wilburn Thompson had died of his wounds at Camp Morton,Indiana and was buried 12 August 1864 at Green Lawn Cemetery in Indianapolis.  $160.

PETERSBURG / Va // JUN / 23 blue cds with matching [due] 10 on adversity cover fashioned from printed blue Rail Road document to Mrs. J. Adger Smyth, Wright’s Bluff, Clarendon Dist., So. Ca. First time in philatelic hands. $150.

JAMES ADGER SMYTH (1837-1920) was a QuarterMaster Sergeant in Company A, 25th South Carolina Infantry Regiment April 1862- 1865. He was a factor / merchant with Adger and Smyth and planted cotton at his wife's Cedar Grove Plantation, Sumter District. Smyth (aka Smythe) was a Charleston Alderman1877-1885 and mayor of Charleston 1895-1903.

FLORENCE / SC dateless cds with manuscript Due 10 on adversity cover fashioned from printed / manuscript document to Mrs. J. Adger Smyth, Wright’s Bluff, Clarendon Dist., So. Ca.; mandated soldier endorsement of J.A.S. QM Sergt, 25th Regt SCV Hagoods Brigd, bit war weary at top edge and part of back flap missing. First time in philatelic hands. $110.

JAMES ADGER SMYTHE (1837-1920) was a QuarterMaster Sergeant in Company A, 25th South Carolina Infantry Regiment April 1862- 1865. He was a factor / merchant with Adger and Smyth and planted cotton at his wife's Cedar Grove Plantation, Sumter District. Smythe (aka Smyth) was a Charleston Alderman1877-1885 and mayor of Charleston 1895-1903.

WINCHESTER / Va. // OCT 1, cds on soldier's cover to Mrs. Laura C. Norwood, Lenoir N.C. with handstamped Due  and twice-struck "10" in circle indicating 20¢ due, mandated endorsement of W.W. Lenoir, Capt Co A, 37 Regt. N.C.T. Very Fine. $500.

Walter Waightstill Lenoir (1823-1890) was a 39-year old lawyer when he enlisted 5-23-62 as a 1st Lieut into Co. H, 58th NC Partisan Rangers Infantry. July 18, 1862 he was transferred to Co. A., 37th NC Infantry as a Captain. Walter was the grandson of General William Lenoir and son of Thomas Lenoir; he was born and died at Fort Defiance, Caldwell County, North Carolina. He served in a host of regiments during the Civil War, most notably as Captain of Company A, 37th North Carolina Troops. The Lenoir family papers are at UNC and much more information available there.

GORDONSVILLE / VA // AUG / 13 / 1862 cds with matching DUE 10 to W. R. Edwin (?), Ranaleburgh Mec[klenburgh] Co NC; used again with vertical pair of CSA #6, 5¢ blue (torn on opening) on verso tied with smaller GORDONSVILLE / VA double circle cancel known used 1861-63, small pmk also struck on the face showing two types of cancels on one side. $200.

TUDOR HALL / Va. // FEB / 13 / 1862 boldly struck cds with matching DUE 10 and red Savannah “10” to Mrs. C. S. Branch, Savnannah, Georgia; endorsed by Private H M Branch, Co B, 8th Reg Ga Vols on pristine cover, slight reduction at right. Superb! $250.

1st Lieut. Hamilton McDevit Branch (1843-1899) enlisted as a private 5-21-61 in Co. B, 8th GA Infantry. A year later he was promoted to 2nd Lieut. in Co. F, 54th GA Infantry. He was wounded three times at Dam 1, Va. in the hand; Atlanta severe arm wound; and a third time with no details given. An incredible three full pages of bio are included as he was obviously a well loved and gallant soldier, a line officer in the Army of Tennessee.

 [Army of Northern Virginia] DUE 10 on legal size cover (bit soiled, edge worn and archival taped tear at lower right), addressed “W. A. Walton [Sheriff of] Rowan County, N.  Carolina with endorsement of  Eli Bostian, Co. K. 5th NCT, O.B. (Official Business) at top right. Duplicate copy of election returns for congress enclosed with 17 voting for James Ramsey and only one for Wm. Lander. Signed by Eli Bostian, Jacob Carnhart and E. M. Beaver. This is a previously unrecorded marking from the ANV.  $100.

[Army of Northern Virginia] DUE 10 on legal size cover (soiling, edge faults), addressed to “William Walton, Esq. [Sheriff of Rowan County], N. C. with endorsement of xxx Comd Co B 4th Regt N.C. Troops with duplicate copy of election returns headed “Camp of the 4th Regt NC Troops At Kellys Ford Va / I Lt. Col. Wood Commanding the 4th Regt hereby appoint the following named members of Company B of this Regt inspectors to hold an election for a member of Congress to represent the 8th Congressional Distict of North Carolija in the Confederate Congress: D. W. Rainey, John Deale, W. W. Hall” signed J. H. Wood Lt Col Comdg. Previously unrecorded marking from the ANV. $100.

Col. James H. Wood was 21 years-old when he enlisted 5-16-61 at Rowan County as a Captain in Co. B, 4th NC Infantry. He was wounded at Seven Pines and again at Gaines’ Mill. He rose to full Colonel and survived Gettysburg to be killed in action 7-18-64 at Snicker’s Gap, VA. Anderson’s / Ramseur’s Brigades, D. H. Hill’s / Rode’s Division, Valley Districtt, Department of Northern Virginia.