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Stampless Soldiers DUE cover with a weak but recognizable strike of the Houston, Tex CDS 23 MAY and manuscript Due 10. Addressed to Mrs. M. R. Bradley Care of Dr. S. G.
Grayson, Fairfield, Freestone Co., Texas. Endorsed at top right "L. D. Bradley Capt Co B Waul's Legion." Advertising
Cover with a large boxed printed corner card "Simmons & Bradley,
Attorneys at Law, Fairfield, Freestone County, Texas." Reduction at the right where opened just to the edge of the address. Small corner repair at the upper right. See TX412 for a similar cover.
Lucius
D. Bradley (1831-1886), a lawyer by profession with this
cover advertising his pre-war law firm, entered service 2/1/1862
as 1st Lieut of Co I 12th Tex Inf. He was promoted Capt 4/14/1862 and transferred to the newly formed Waul's Legion (Cavalry).
He was captured with his unit as a POW at the Fall of Vicksberg
7/4/1863 and paroled the next day 7/5/1863. Capt Bradley rejoined his
unit after exchange when the unit was reorganized in Galveston, Texas,
where he remained for the rest of the war. After the war, he served in
the Texas State Legislature and the Texas Senate and also as a district
judge. He married Mary Grayson (1838-1887) in 1859 and had nine
children. |
$300.00 |
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