TX416

Turned Cover -- First Use (inside) -- (stamps missing) showing a partial RED Alexandria, La CDS (date not apparent). Addressed to James B. McMahon Esqr, Burkville, Newton Co., Texas. Second Use (outside) -- Stampless PAID cover with manuscript "Burkville (Texas) 24 DEC 1864" and manuscript "Paid 10." Very obscure post office in Newton County. Newton County is in far southeast Texas on the Louisiana border north of Beaumont. I believe this may be the listing cover for Burkeville, Texas, in the current CSA Catalog. There are a number of covers addressed to Burkeville (sometimes spelled Burkville). I was only able to find one other example of a cover from Burkeville in a 2001 Siegel auction. Military Address to Friend R. McMahon, Forney's Division, Sabine Town, Texas. Cover with a clean appearance, minor corner wear at the right, one side back flap missing, and reduced a bit at the left not affecting anything. Very presentable cover. Friend Robinson McMahon (1837-1916) entered service as a private in Co H 13th Tex Cav 2/1/1862 and was later promoted Commissary Sergt. He served for the duration of the war. The Federal Census of 1870 lists him as a farmer in Newton County, Texas, after the war. He married Martha E. Fuller McMahon (1840-1925), the likely sender of this cover from Burkeville, in 1861 and had 13 children. The 13th Tex Cav was dismounted in 1862 and served throughout the war in the Trans-Mississippi and took part in the Red River Campaign. The first use from Alexandria, La, was most likely sent by Sergt McMahon as it is addressed to a relative in Burkeville.

$450.00

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