VA3248

Stampless Soldiers Due cover with the Tudor Hall, Va CDS with the handstamp DUE 10 Type E 13 DEC 1861. Addressed to Miss L. Minnie Smith Care Maj E. P. Smith, Glenn Springs PO, South Carolia. Endorsed at top right "From Private E. C. Smith Co G 5th Regt SCV (South Carolina Volunteers)." Reduced at left where opened not affecting anything. Very clean cover. Eliphas C. Smith (1836-1888) enlisted as a private in Co G 5th SC Inf 4/13/1861. He is listed as absent due to illness 7/1/1862 and was hospitalized in Richmond but later rejoined his unit in June 1862. No further military record. At his death in 1888, he was known as a prominent citizen and farmer landowner who bore the honory title of "Major" used in his death notice. Pvt Smith is writing to his sister, Minnie (1842-1926), in care of his father Maj Elihu Penquite Smith (1804-1878), a prominent local South Carolina politician having served multiple terms in the South Carolina Legislature. The Smith family was very prominent in the Spartanburg District and were landowners.

$175.00

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