SC1196 Stampless cover with the large single rim Charleston SC CDS 9 DEC 1861 with handstamp PAID 5 Type E. Military Address to William Birnie Jr, Palmetto Guard, Genl Gonzales Command, Coosahatchie SC. Ex-Calhoun. Very Fine.

The Palmetto Guard was a company in the SC Marion Light Artillery unit. Several different South Carolina units used the nickname "Palmetto Guard." William Birnie enlisted as a private 3/11/1861. No further information. William Birnie Sr (1782-1865) was a prominent Charleston merchant. 

General Ambrosio Jose' Gonzales (1818-1893) referenced in the address was a Cuban Revolutionary General before the war and served the CSA as a Colonel and the Chief of Artillery for the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
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