FL277

Stampless PAID cover with the Monticello, Fla CDS 26 NOV (1862) and handstamp PAID 10 Type C. Addressed to Mrs. M. C. Conoley, Shelby Springs, Alabama. Very clean cover. The Briggs Census lists only 13 Monticello Type C covers. The sender was Lt Col John F. Conoley (1811-1883) of the 4th Ala Infantry Battalion consolidated into the 29th Ala Inf a Gulf Coast unit that was in Florida at this time. John F. Conoley was promoted Colonel of the 29th Ala Inf on 12/9/1862. The 29th Ala Inf later joined the Army of Tennessee in 1864 and fought from the Atlanta Campaign through to Bentonville.

$375.00

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