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CSA #7 Pair (4-Margin) barely tied at the top by the small single rim Whitlock, Va CDS (very scarce Virginia postmark from Halifax County) 26 DEC. Somewhat faded but legible Military Address to Lieut A. Whitlock Hoge, Ringgold Battery, Ransom's Division, Dublin Depot, Va, V T RR (Virginia & Tennessee Railroad).  Instruction at lower left "PM at Dublin please forward." Edge wear, a little light soiling, and top back flap missing. But a rarely seen Virginia postmark. Ex- Scott Gallagher. Achilles Whitlock Hoge (1846-1864) enlisted as a private in Co G 20th Va Inf  5/26/1861 at the age of 14. He was discharged 9/19/1861. He entered service again 2/15/1862 as a Lieutenant in Co B 13th Va Battalion Light Artillery (Ringgold's Battery). He was killed in action at Cloyd's Mountain (Va) 5/9/1864. His older brother Private Moses Hoge (1833-1864) in the same unit was killed in the same action.

$200.00

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