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VA3141

CSA #7 two singles (margins tight) tied together and to the cover by an escellent strike of the VIOLET Lynchburg, Va CDS 17 JUN (1863). Addressed to John A. Langhorne, Shawsville, Montgomery County, Va. Very clean cover. The addressee, John Archer Langhorne, was the father of Pvt Jacob Kent Langhorne (1845-1863) of Co B 2nd Va Cav. Private Langhorne attended VMI 1862-1863 but dropped out of school to enlist in February 1863. He is listed as mortally wounded at Brandy Station, Va 6/9/1863 (his first and only engagement and the largest cavalry battle of the war) and died a few days later. He is buried at the Crocker-Kent Cemetery near Shawsville, Va. Cover was sent some days after his death, so Pvt Langhorne could not have sent the cover. But perhaps the cover contained a letter from a friend informing the father of his son's death. Not possible to know for sure since there is no enclosure.

$200.00

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