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Two covers with letters (transcriptions included) from the Col Weir Boyd Correspondence. CSA #1 somewhat dry printing (not plated) (margin just in at the bottom) tied by the Hardeeville SC CDS 18 APR 1862. Military Address to Col Weir Boyd Commanding the 52nd Regiment Georgia Volunteers, Big Shanty, Cobb County, Georgia. There are two letters with this cover. One letter is datelined "Camp Pritchard near Hardeeville April 17th 1862" is from William H. McAfee and addresses the Colonel as "Brother." Content concerns camp news and unit news and that he is trying to be transferred. A second letter is from the Colonel's daughter Fannie and is datelined "Dahlonega, Ga Apr 19th 1862" and contains family news. This second letter does not go with this cover as it is dated shortly after the cover was posted. The address is a little faint but legible. The cover is very clean. CSA #4 Stone 2 Position 49 (4-Margin) tied by the Hardeeville SC CDS 28 APR 1862. Military Address to Col Weir Boyd, 52nd Regiment Georgia Volunteers, Knoxville, Tenn. The original letter is from William H. McAfee (same as the first cover) who again addressed the Colonel as "Brother" and wants to be transferred to the Colonel's regiment. The letter is datelined "Camp Pritchard, Hardeeville SC April 28th 1862." The letter also states "...We have just learned that the Yankees have taken New Orleans..." The news of the impending fall of New Orleans apprently reached South Carolina very quickly as the Union did not officially occupy the city until the date of this letter 4/28/1862. Very clean cover. Ex-Shenfield, Ex-Kohn. Weir Boyd (1820-1893) a prominent pre-war lawyer and a Methodist preacher served in the Florida Indian Wars and was elected Colonel of the 52nd Ga Inf 3/16/1862. The regiment was surrendered at Vicksburg and paroled a month later. Col Boyd remained active in Georgia politics after the war. William H. McAfee (1833-1915) was a private in Co E Ga Phillipis Legion. He was commissioned 2nd Lieut and promoted Captain and had subsequent service in the 22nd Ga Inf and the 38th Ga Inf. He was a Methodist preacher and active in politics after the war. No record of his ever being transferrred to Col Boyd's regiment. Col Weir and Capt McAfee knew each other as "brothers" as both were from Dahlonega, Georgia, both were Masons, and both were prominent in the Methodist church. The two covers will only be sold as a pair.

$550.00 Two Covers with Letters

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