TX260
 Folded Letter complete with a partial strike of the Navasota, Tex CDS with no rate addressed to San Felipe, Texas. The letter is written in old German script (a large community of German immigrants lived in Texas at this time) and clearly dates the usage to MAY 1863. A second letter from the same correspondence dated JUL 1864 is included with the cover. The letters have been transcribed and translated by a university professor who can read the old German handwriting. Unfortunately, the transcript is no longer with the letters. The letters are between husband and wife, Gustav and Justiny Friedrich. Gustav is apparently with the soldiers as he states that he has been through eight battles. However, there is no record of a Gustav Friedrich serving in the Confederate Army. From the letters, he appears to be a teamster and may be a civilian hired contractor or perhaps a member of the militia. War period Confederate letters from German immigrants are not common as many are in the archives or still with the families. Few minor sealed internal tears but otherwise a very clean folded letter.
$250.00

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