SC1171

Stampless Soldier's Due 5 cover with the Grahamville SC CDS and manuscript "Due 5" 8 APR (1862). Coarse brown paper cover addressed to M. H. Hubert, Double Wells (Warren County), Ga. Endorsed at top left "Private H. C. Hubert Co B 48 Reg Ga Vols Wm Gibson Col." Minor light foxing, otherwsie Very Fine. Ex-Kaufmann. Henry Clay Hubert (1842-1930) enlisted as a private in Co B 48th Ga Inf and served throughout the war. The cover is addressed to Pvt Hubert's father Matthew Henry Hubert (1814-1888) who was a fairly wealthy planter in Warren County, Georgia. William Gibson (1822-1892), an Augusta lawyer and judge, was the Colonel of the 48th Ga Inf  3/4/1862. He is listed as wounded at Malvern Hill (Va) 7/1/1862. He was wounded a second time at Gettysburg 7/2/1863 and captured as a POW. Later exchanged in April 1864, he resigned from Confederate service in November 1864. After the war, he served in the Georgia State Senate.

$150.00

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