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CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin with a large right sheet margin Overheated Plate CC 12-AD-v4) barely tied by the BLACK Raleigh NC double circle CDS (date not apparent on the postmark but dated to July 31st 1864 by the original enclosure). Semi-Official Imprint at upper left corner "Official Business. Quartermaster's Department, Raleigh, N. C." (CC S-NC-26). Partially pre-printed envelope addressed to Officer Commanding Co F 27th SC Regt, --------- Brigade, A.N.Va (Army of Northern Virginia). Cover has a minor reduction on the right where opened, still the cover and enclosure are both Very Fine.
Included with the cover is the original enclosure which is a printed form Confederate
States of America Quartermaster's Department. Invoice of
Quartermaster's Stores this day transferred to "Capt Thomas Jones" Asst
Quartermaster CSA by Major J. D. Keiley Jr Major and QM CSA.
Handwritten on the form is a listing of the stores transferred which
includes Shoes, Jackets, Shirts, Oats, etc. The form is dated "Near Petersburg, Va July 31st 1864"
(Siege of Petersburg one day after the Battle of the Crater. This is an
original form and not a copy and is signed by Major Keiley. A wonderful
piece of history.
John Denis Keiley Jr (1839 -1901) entered service as a private in Co C 1st Va Inf
4/21/1861. He transferred to the Quartermaster's Dept as a Major in
December 1862 and served as a Quartermaster in various positions and
locations for the rest of the war. After the war, he relocated to New
York City and served for a time as the Brooklyn City Treasurer and a
newspaper writer. He died in New York in 1901.
Unable to identify Asst QM Capt Thomas Jones as the name is too common, and he was a staff officer and not a regimental officer. |
$600.00 |
JLKCSA@aol.com
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