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CSA #1 Stone 1 Position 43 (93)
(margin just in at right but with a large lower sheet margin Olive
Green) tied by a partial strike of the small double circle Knoxville, Ten CDS
(date not apparent). Coarse brown paper cover with Military Address to Capt S. R.
Bachman, Cumberland Gap, Tenn.
Capt Samuel R. Bachman served as a staff officer in the Commissary
Department of the Confederate Army. The original enclosure is still
with the cover datelined “Com(missary)
Department Knoxville Tenn Jany 18 1862”
which is a short communication from Capt Bachman’s superior in the
Commissary Department, (Major) R. G. Fain Brig(ade) Com(missary),
concerning rations for Chaplains and instructing Capt Bachman to comply
with the order. Major Fain would later be appointed as the Commissary
General for the Army of Tennessee. Capt Bachman Died of Disease in camp
at Cumberland Gap in June 1862. Cover has an unobtrusive corner repair
at the upper left, a missing backflap and mathematical calculations on
the back.Cover is otherwise very clean. The enclosure is Very
Fine. |
$250.00
SOLD |
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