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CSA #7 Horz Pair (4-Margin) affixed on the reverse to seal the back flap and tied by the Mocksville NC CDS 15 MAY (1863). Full Military Address to Capt W. B. Clement, 10th Regt Virginia Cavalry, Gen'l W. H. F. Lee's Brigade, Richmond, Virginia. Very Fine. Ex-Bush.  William Bailey Clement (1835-1895) entered service as Captain of Co H 10th Va Cav (a company made up of North Carolina soldiers) in Oct 1861 and promoted Major in Sept 1863. His later promotion to Lt Col was “suspended” (reason not stated). Paroled at Salisbury NC 5/1/1865. After the war, he lived as a merchant in Mocksville NC. Gen William Henry Fitzhugh (Rooney) Lee (1837-1891) was the second son of Gen Robert E. Lee and served as a cavalry commander during the war. He was captured as a POW by Union forces in 1863 and spent several months in Fortress Monroe until sent to New York and exchanged in February 1864 for Union General Neal S. Dow. After the war, he was a Virginia planter and served in the Virginia State Senate and also served at the end of his life in the US Congress.

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