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Handstamp PAID 10 with the Social Circle, Geo CDS Dietz Type IA all in RED 14 DEC (1861). Blue lined notebook paper which appears to
have been used as a wrapper type cover with a Military Address to Capt
W. A. Hawkins, Traveler’s Repose, (West) Va Co A 12th Reg Ga
Volunteers. Traveler’s Repose is in Pocahontas County which would
later be incorporated into the Union State of West Virginia. Willis
Alston Hawkins (1825-1886) was a lawyer from Americus and was a
delegate to the Georgia Secession Convention. He began service as Captain
of Co A 12th Ga Inf 6/15/1861 and was later promoted Major and Lt Col of
the regiment but resigned 1/24/1863. After the war, he served as a justice
of the Georgia Supreme Court. Minor edge tape stain at top center,
otherwise Very Fine with excellent red strikes of the postal markings.
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$275.00 |
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