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CSA #56x2 5c Red Memphis Provisional (4-Margin but a little close at the top) tied by the Memphis, Ten CDS 13 NOV (1861). Military address to CSA occupied Kentucky. Mr. Geo W. Chambers Care of Capt A. W. Bowie, Alabama Vols, Columbus Ky. Advertising Cover with a printed corner card at the lower left "G. W. Jones & Co, Wholesale Druggists, 229 Main Street, Memphis, Tenn." Small reduction at the right and what looks to be a professionaly done edge repair at the right center not affecting the stamp, postmark, or the address. Very clean overall appearing cover. Ex-Gallagher. The obscure unit in the address was Bowie's Company of Alabama Volunteers which became Co D Brewer's 2nd Battalion Mississippi (and Alabama) Cavalry and later became Co A 8th Confederate Cavalry. George W. Chambers (1844-1906) enlisted as a private at Decatur, Ala, 6/13/1861 when the unit was officially formed. He served throughout the war and then became a very prominent grocer, businessman, and land owner in Talladega, Ala. "Pvt Co A 8 Confed Cav Confederate States Army" is engraved on his grave marker in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Talladega, Ala. Capt Andrew W. Bowie (1822-1900) also lived in Talladega, Ala, after the war. He is listed on the Federal Census as a lawyer. He is buried in the same cemetery with the same inscription on his grave marker as Pvt Chambers.

$850.00

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