NC930

CSA #4 Stone 3 Position 35 (margin just in at bottom right) tied by the small double circle BLUE Raleigh NC CDS with an 1862 date. Coarse brown paper cover with a Military Address to Mr. C. C. Durham, Swels (Sewell's) Point near Norfolk, Va, 2 Regiment NC. Missing bottom back flap where opened, reduced somewhat at the bottom, and wear at the bottom right corner. Still quite a presentabe cover with a plated Stone 3 stamp. The unit in the address is the 12th NC Inf (formerly the 2nd NC Volunteers). The unit was assigned to the Department of Norfolk October 1861 - April 1862. Sewell's Point was a small peninsula of land in Norfolk and was never a CSA post office location. Charles Crawford Durham (1814-1897), a successful farmer from Cleveland NC, enlisted as a private in Co E 12th NC Inf 4/22/1861 and was discharged 5/3/1862 for being overage. After his brief enlistment, he returned home to continue farming.

$250.00

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