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USA #24 1c Blue Type V tied by the small double circle Charleston SC CDS 13 APR 1861 (one day after the Fort Sumter bombardment) US Mail Service in Confederate South Carolina. Charleston Drop Letter (the US Drop Letter rate was 1c) with Military Address to Mr. Jno C. McClenaghan Care of M. B. Stanley, Capt Marion's Volunteers, Morris Island, Charleston SC. Capt John Charles McClenaghan was mustered into the CS Quartermaster's Department 4/13/1861 (the date of this cover). He is mentioned once in the Official Records cited for bravery at First Manassas while serving as the regimental Quartermaster for the 8th SC Inf. He died of disease on Morris Island 3/15/1863. Part of top back flap missing, and a minor edge repair top center to a very clean appearance.

$500.00 SOLD

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