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AF180
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Army of Tennessee Handstamp Field Due 10
Dietz Type II which was in
use Jan-Sept 1864. Very coarse brown paper cover addressed to Mrs. M.
A. McCorkle in Care of C. E. Wingfield, Washington, Geo. Endorsed at
left “Privet John McCorkle in Co H 37 Rgt Geo Vol ters
(Volunteers).”
The 37th Ga Inf was an Army of Tennessee unit. Private John McCorkle
enlisted 8/10/1863. He is listed as caputured as a POW near Nashville
12/16/1864 and confined at Camp Douglas (Chicago IL). He is recorded as
having died of pneumonia 2/6/1865 while confined at Camp Douglas and is
buried in the Camp Douglas Confederate Cemetery. Very clean cover with
a trivial reduction at the right and minor corner faults at the left.
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$150.00
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