TN452

CSA #1 Stone 1 Position 48 (4-Margin with just a little very minor edge gum toning) tied by an excellent strike of the Grand Junction, Ten CDS with a MAR (1862) date. Orange paper cover addressed to Mrs. Richard L. Pugh Care of John Williams Esqr, Thibodeaux, La. Very Fine. Richard Lloyd Pugh (1837-1885), from a large slave owning Louisiana plantation family, enlisted as a private in "5" Co Louisiana Washington Light Artillery Battalion 5/26/1861. The unit served throughout the war in the Western Theater. Pvt Pugh married Mary Louise Williams (1841-1906) in February 1861. The cover was sent by Pvt Pugh home to his wife who was staying with her father, John Williams (b1820), who was a very wealthy Commssion Merchant in Thibodeaux.

$300.00

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