VA3244

CSA #12d (AD) Dark Blue (4-Margin) tied by an excellent strike of the RED Petersburg, Va CDS 17 NOV (1864). Addressed to Mrs Harry Hammond Care of H. H. Cumming Esqr, Augusta, Georgia. Small reduction at the left where opened. Very clean cover. The addressee, Emily Harford Cumming Hammond (1834-1911), was the daughter of Henry Harford Cumming (1799-1866), a very prominent Augusta attorney. Her brother was CSA Brig-Gen Alfred Cumming (1829-1910). Her husband was James Henry "Harry" Hammond (1832-1916) who was the most likely sender of this cover. Major "Harry" Hammond of Columbia SC was an ANV staff officer (Quartermaster). His wife stayed with her father in Augusta, Georgia, while her husband was away with the army. After the war, they returned to South Carolina where Major Hammond was a prominent planter and agricultualist.

$150.00

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