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CSA #1 Stone 1 Position 10 (margin touches on left) tied by the BLUE Columbia SC CDS 21 MAR (1862). Addressed to Mrs. W. H. Gist, Unionville SC. The addressee was the second wife of William Henry Gist (1807-1874) of Rose Hill Plantation, former Governor of South Carolina (1858-1860), a signer of the South Carolina Ordnance of Secession, and cousin to CSA Brig-Gen States Rights Gist. However, the cover is not addressed by the former governor as the handwriting does not match. Period docketing at the left "Letters from father in 1862" indicates that the cover may have been from the addressee's father. Period note on the top back flap in the same hand as the address "Wm will be pleased to know that the proud Minnesota has gone to the bottom." That statement on the cover is not entirely true, The USS Minnesota was involved in the Battle of Hampton Roads 3/8/1862 with the CSS Virginia (Merrimack) and was damaged and ran aground. The USS Minnesota was not sunk but was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. Clean cover. Ex Cantey Collection.

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