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CSA #11c (AD) Greenish-Blue (slight nick in the margin at right center with a pre-affixing edge tear) barely tied by a partial strike of the ANV Army Field Target Cancel ANV-13 used 1863-1865. Military Address to Priv Robert Love, Co I 14th Reg Va Cavalry, Jenkin's Brig, A.N. W.Va. Cover dates from late 1863 when the 14th Va Cav was part of Jenkin's Brigade. The cover must have been sent by a soldier in the ANV, possibly a relative or a friend. It is unusual to see a cover with an army field cancel from one soldier in the field to another soldier in the field. Very clean appearing cover with just a very light stain at the bottom right corner and a missing top back flap. Robert V. Love (age 18) enlisted as a private 4/19/1861. He is listed as absent (sick) 9/1/1862 returning to his unit 4/30/1863. Somewhere along the line his horse was captured and he paid $250 to get another horse. Confederate cavalrymen had to supply their own horses. In December 1864, he was detailed to the Quartermaster Department in Staunton, Va where he remained into 1865. He is known to have been alive in California in 1916. The A.N.W.Va designation (presumably "Army of North West(ern) Virginia") in the address is confusing. There was no such official army designation. Jenkins Brigade, at the time of this cover (late 1863), was assigned to the Department of Western Virginia (later the Department of Western Virginia and East Tennessee). So perhaps that designation was used only locally or simply by the soldiers themselves.

$125.00

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