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Inv-4455

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

$140.

Inv-4365

"C.E. Taylor, Sig(nal) Corps. C.S.A." endorsed pale blue and white enameled wallpaper cover handcarried to Richmond, Va. The only C.E. Taylor from Virginia in the military records was in "H" Co.

The Signal Corps performed some of the most dangerous of duties in the War. The detailed men in all the various branches of the service numbered about fifteen hundred, and it was a remarkable fact, that while these men were often employed in independent service, and were in possession of important secrets, not one of them ever deserted or betrayed his trust. All the detailed men were instructed in the cipher system, and entrusted with the key-word. They were also instructed in the use of the electric telegraph. When occasion required, they became dauntless messengers and agents, going into the enemy's lines and cities, or to lands beyond the sea; communicating with agents and secret friends of the Confederate Government and people; ordering supplies and conveying them to their destination; running the blockade by land and sea; making nightly voyages in bays and rivers; threading the enemy's cordon of pickets and gunboats; following blind trails through swamps and forest, and as much experts with oar and sail, on deck and in the saddle, and with rifle and revolver, as with flags, torches, telegraph, and secret cipher.

$220.

Inv-4472

GUINEY/Va. (due) no rate, soldier's cover docketed "J.Y. Thompson, Co. K 23rd Regt. S.C. Troops" to Dry Pond, S.C., Ex-Weatherly

$110.

Inv-4217
YORKTOWN/Va./JAN/7 (1862) cds with soldier's (Due) 10 on 11-star waving flag patriotic cover, Dietz type F11-16 addressed to Villanova, Ga "from privet akins 23 Ga Ridgemen" (sic), sealed tear at top and reduced slightly on 3 sides, Ex-Matz, signed Brian Green
$350.

Inv-4119
CHARLESTON/S.C./AUG/12/1863 double circle cancel with matching large soldier's (due) 10, docketing of "(Corpl) TWG Inglet Co C 28th Ga. Regt.", fresh, pencil slash of unknown derivation, Very Fine, T. W. G. Inglett of Comp C 28th Ga Inf survived the war. He enlisted 9/10/1861 as a private and was promoted Corpl on 8/1/1863. He was wounded twice -- 6/27/1862 at Cold Harbor, Va where he lost 2 fingers of his left hand and again on 10/7/1864 at Darbytown Road, Va in the right foot.) signed Brian Green
$160.

Inv-4120
CHARLESTON/S.C./NOV/14/1863 cds with matching large soldier's (due) 10, docketing of "(Corpl) TWG Inglet Co C 28th Ga. Regt." on turned cover; inside a #11 tied Berzelia, Geo. cds has been torn off - addressed to Inglet in Charleston Cear (sic) Capt Crawford 28 Regt Ga Vol., fresh, double pencil slash of unknown derivation, T. W. G. Inglett of Comp C 28th Ga Inf survived the war. He enlisted 9/10/1861 as a private and was promoted Corpl on 8/1/1863. He was wounded twice -- 6/27/1862 at Cold Harbor, Va where he lost 2 fingers of his left hand and again on 10/7/1864 at Darbytown Road, Va in the right foot.) Very Fine, signed Brian Green
$160.

Inv -4171
ABINGDON/Va./NOV/27 cds on cover with manuscript "Due 10" and "Charge WRH" to "D(avid) Graham Esq. Graham's Forge, Wythe Co., Virga" (Graham's Forge Mill is on the National Register of Historic Places and a significant bio is included), During the Civil War, Graham's Furnace was one of three furnaces in Wythe County providing iron for the Confederacy. David Graham's son, David Pierce Graham (1838-1898), was known as Squire Graham and later Major Graham. He was commissioned captain in the 51st Virginia infantry in 1861. He fought for the Confederacy for three years, saw action in five major battles, and was promoted to the rank of major before being discharged for health reasons in 1864.
$160.

Inv-1059
ORANGE C.H./Va. black cds with large crayon "Due 10", to Anderson C.H., S.C. with faint soldier's letter docketing at left
$130.

Inv-1217
RICHMOND/VA/JUN/10 (no year date) DUE 10 neat markings on homemade cover addressed to Honl. William C. Rives, in Richmond, thus overpaid drop rate, Van Dyk MacBride penciled and signed explanation on the back than it was rare as sent from Member of Congress "M. Johnson". There were several Johnsons (none "M", but could be "M" stood for "Mr.") in the Confederate Congress, but I cannot verify that this is so other than the lack of soldier's docketing. But neither is there an "M.C." indication from the sender. The addressee is William Cabell Rives, who was a member of the Confederate Congress at that time. Previously, Rives had served in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives, as well as having served as Ambassador to France.
$250.

Inv-1204
MOBILE/ALA. double circle cds and matching (DUE) 10 on soldier's cover addressed to Smith's Turnout, SC with fancy scroll boxed docketing "A Soldiers Letter, Co. @ 42d Tenn Regt of Infantry", fresh homemade cover
$150.

Inv-1097

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

$135.


Inv-4598

(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.

Inv-4602
SAVANNAH/GEO cds and (due) 10 on cover to New Centre S.C. with soldier docketing of "Sergt J.W. Pursley, Co G 18th Regt 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.
$140.

Inv-4610
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA/VA. blue double circle cancel and (due) 10 in manuscript on soldier's cover to Glenn Springs from "L.P. Foster 2 Lt Comp I 3rd R(egt) S.C.V." ; no real detail on L. Perrin Foster in military records which showed him as Co. K 3rd SCV (Army of Potomac, Army of Northern Virginia).
$160.

Inv-4609
TUDOR HALL/VA./DEC/18/1862 cds and curved DUE 10 on small embossed ladies cover with soldier docketing of "J.J. Wilson, 16th Regt. M.V." written home to Crystal Springs so probably in Company C, the "Crystal Springs Southern Rights"
$160.

Inv-4719
RICHMOND/Va./MAY/15/1862 DUE 5 and blue crayon "5": on soldier's cover docketed by "H.P. Cochran, 1st Reg Va Artillery", Very Fine, short military bio accompanies
$180.

Inv-4752

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

$95.

Inv-4773
RICHMOND/Va. soldier's DUE 5 on cover with bold blue crayon "5" on cover to Charlottesville with mandated docketing fro "H.P. Cochran, 1st Reg. Va. Artillery", Very Fine, soldier bio accompanies: rose from Sgt to Capt. in Albemarle "Everette" Virginia Light Artillery Battery with Pegram and Pickett. This written May 20, 1862 and he was discharged May 27, 1862 by furnishing a substitute
$150.

Inv-4882
RICHMOND/Va. DUE 10 docketed "From Capt. J.C. Winsmith, Co H. 1st S.C.V." on pristine cover, Extremely Fine, signed Green. 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.
$150.

Inv-4887
WINCHESTER/Va./JUL/22 cds with curved d/l DUE 10 soldier's cover from D.B. Edwards, Lt. 44 Ala. Vols, to wife in Benton, Ala., slight soiling otherwise Fine. Daniel B. Edwards enlist on March 15th as a 2nd Lt. and was promoted to 1st Lt. and then Capt. He was surrendered at Appomattox CH on April 9, 1865.
$140.

Inv-4888

Soldier's cover with endorsement of "Lt. M. N. Davidson, Co I 25 Va. Battl." but no postal markings, light penciled contemporary Sept 9th, 1863 at upper right, on homemade cover to Jas. D. Davidson, Lexington, Va., fresh and Fine, J.D. Davidson was a Washington & Lee trustee

$70.

Inv-4992
RICHMOND/Va. cds with s/l DUE 10 on clean homemade soldier's cover to J. H. Coombs, Laurens Hill, Georgia with mandated docketing from "Private J. T. Coombs, Co. (I) 6th Ga. Regt". James T. Coombs enlisted on 5/27/1861 as a Private into "I" Co. GA 6th Infantry ; he was surrendered on 4/26/1865 at Greensboro, NC and listed as wounded 9-17-1862 at Sharpsburg, MD.
$150.

Inv-4993
MACON/GA/SEP/1 double circle cancel with s/l DUE 10 on homemade soldier's cover to Daniel H. Coombs, Laurens Hill, Georgia with mandated docketing from "Sergt W.H. Coombs, Co. (I) 6th Geo. Volunteers". William H. Coombs enlisted as a Private into "I" Co. GA 6th Infantry on 5-7-62. He was promoted to 2nd Lieut on 10-15-62 and killed on 2-20-64 at Ocean Pond, Florida. Cover with staining, particularly along left side.
$70.

Inv-5003
"DUE 10" soldier's due with endorsement of "Capt. W. S. Chapman, 31st Regiment, Alabama Volunteers" on immaculate cover addressed to "Mrs. Kate S. Chapman, Talladega, Talladega Co., Alabama." William S. Chapman was in Co. "G" in the 31st Alabama, no other info known. Superb - exceptionally nice condition.
$200.

Inv-5005

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

$200.

Inv-5155
Winchester, Va. handstamped Due 10 September 23 (1862) on cover docketed by "D. G. Campbell, Lieut. CSA" to his wife Care of Prof. Schele De Vere, Charlottesville. Very Fine Soldier's cover
$150.

Inv-5156
Fairfax St(ation, Va) (Due) 10 in manuscript on cover to Tuskegee, Ala docketed by "Priv. R(obert).H. Stafford, Comp F. 12th Ala. Vol.", prior owner showed him killed in action at Cedar Creek, but that is not what my research shows. Brief regimental history accompanies.
$190.

Inv-5168

DUE 10 in arc (possibly Knoxville, Tenn) on fresh homemade cover with docketing "from A.F. Boyd Serg Maj of the 52 Reg Ga. Vols" to "Miss Fannie Boyd, Dahlonga, Georgia". Very Fine. Augustus Franklin Boyd was born 16 August 1844 in Dahlonega, Georgia, the son of Senator and Judge Wier Boyd. He was killed 16 May 1863 near Vicksburg, Mississippi at the Battle of Bakers Creek at only age 18. Brief soldier history enclosed plus poignant detailed bio, including online photo in full uniform found in online family records. The photo was taken just a few days before he was killed when he was back home in Dahlonega to recruit more men and pick up supplies.

$175.

Inv-5265

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. There were numerous Dunhams from Georgia in the military. With some research, this could probably be figured out. A scarce and very nice forwarded use.

$325.

Inv-5402
New 03-13-08
Charleston, S.C., Apr 19, 1863, double circle cancel with handstamped (Due) "10" soldier's use with docketing of "S.N. Kennerly Lt. 25 S.C.V.", Very Fine.

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.

$170.

Inv-5439
New 03-13-08
Winchester, Va., Sep 27, cds with handstamped "Due" and "10" in circle, type IC, on clean soldier's cover docketed from "Private J.S. Browning Co. D 24th Regt of N.C. --", Extremely Fine
$210.

Inv-5929
New 04-26-08
Soldier’s (due) 10, neat encircled rate mark on homemade cover to “Mrs. S.A. Broyles, Anderson C.H., So. Carolina” with mandated soldier docketing of “T.T. Broyles 7th S. C. Cavalry” with further received docketing up the left side “Recd while at Pendleton by the hand of Dr. Mullen Harness Thursday 17th Nov 1864 at Mr Taylors”. Military records show him as in “B” company, enlisted as a private, but no other details. Regiment was in numerous famous battles including New Market and Appomattox. Bit of back flaps missing, otherwise Fine 
$110.

Inv-5930
New 04-26-08
Soldier’s (due) 10 on homemade cover to “Miss Jane Pursley, New Center P.O. York District S.C.” with mandated soldier docketing “From Sergt J. W. Pursley, Co.  G 18th S.C. Vols”. 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
$110.

Inv-5995
New 04-26-08

VICKSBURG/MISS. DUE 10 soldier’s letter to “Mrs. H(enry) L. Muldrow, Tibbee Station, Lowndes Cty., M. & O. R.R., Miss. “(Mobile & Ohio Railroad) with pencil docketing “Vicksburg  Feb 18th 1863”. Soldier docketing of “John M. Erwin 35th Regt. Mississippi”. No specifics on Erwin, but a detailed bio of the illustrious Henry L. Muldrow included. Cover stained, but hey, this was during the siege of Vicksburg so it’s entitled to some battle scars! .

$95

Inv-6003
New 05-04-08

RICHMOND/Va. 1862 soldier’s DUE 10 endorsed by “W.P. Nixon, Co. J 28th Regt NCT (North Carolina Troops) to Judesville, N.C. on flashy red and white LYNCHBURG broadside, signed Brian Green, flaps can be turned to show as much or little of cover or broadside as desired. Brief soldier bio enclosed. William P. Nixon was 21 years old when he enlisted in Company A of NC 28th Infantry. He was wounded December 13, 1862 at Fredericksburg, returned March 26, 1863 and surrendered at Appomattox on April 9, 1865 with the rest of the Army of Northern Virginia. 

$475.

Inv-6012
New 05-04-08

PETERSBURG/VA (DUE) 10 in blue on adversity cover fashioned from pale blue bill of lading form from Bancroft, Betts & Marshall and addressed to “Mrs. J. Adger Smythe, Wright’s Bluff, Clarendon Dist., So. Ca.” from J.A.S. QM Sergt 25th SCV Hagood’s Brig”. Soldier records show little more than the docketing, only that he was in Co. “A”. Online search reveal the prominence of the nineteenth-century Presbyterian families Adger and Smyth in SC. The outbreak of the Civil War and the shelling of Charleston scattered members of these families. The Smyth family relocated to Wright’s Bluff in Clarendon District. Thomas Smyth was doubtless the best known of that era. 

$250.

Inv-6014
New 05-04-08

ADAM’S RUN/S.C./JAN 7 cds with manuscript “Due 10” soldier’s adversity cover fashioned from pale blue legal form docketed from “Corpl. Oakes, Co. C, 46th Va. Regt, Wise’s Brigade” to Pittsylvania Co, Va., George W. Oakes enlisted June 22, 1861 as a corporal with residence listed as Pittsylvania, he was promoted to 3rd Sergt on 7-1-64 and his military record (included) shows fairly numerous entries including hospitalizations, prisoner-of-war, and some interesting details.

$250.

Inv-6017
New 05-04-08

CSA #11c (AD), 10¢ greenish blue, large margins on three sides showing portion of adjoining stamp, tied by blue COLUMBIA/S.C. cds on reverse of pink and white enamel floral design wallpaper cover to ”Mrs. Edmund Ravenel Care Ravenel & Co, Charleston, S.C.”, manuscript "Due 10" on front, some aging and small part of flap at back cut away, Fine. The Ravenel family operated a successful shipping business. Dr. Edmund Ravenel, Sr. was a successful physician and surgeon on the CS Medical Staff as well as an accomplished chemist and scientific conchologist. His son, also Dr. Edmund Ravenel, entered the service of the Confederacy as an Assistant Surgeon and this cover is likely from him. The Ravenel family played many important parts from military service to running the blockade. This is more likely Ravenel, Sr.

$695.