VA3321

CSA #6 Horz Pair (small edge fault at the right) tied by a partial strike of a Richmond, Va CDS 4 AUG 1862. Addressed to Mrs. W. T. Field, Arnold's Mills, So. Ca. Light gray overall illustrated Advertising Cover "P. Cantwell Dealer in Choice Family Groceries, Provisions, Wines Liquors. &c &c Corner Opposite State House Columbia S.C." with illustrations of food and liquor bottles." Imprint of a New York City printer. Interesting use of a Columbia SC advertising cover in Richmond, Va. Scarce advertising design which is not listed in the Confederate catalog. Part of top back flap missing. Sealed top edge tears. Overall Very Fine Appearance. Ex-Bush, Ex-Dr.Warren, Ex-Kaufmann. The cover was sent by Lieut William Thomas Field (1836-1904) home to his wife, Eliza Jane Field (1842-1923). Lieut Field obtained a medical degree prior to the war but did not serve as a army surgeon. He entered service as a Lieutenant of Infantry in the 13th Batt SC Inf (4th SC Inf) which later merged with Hampton's SC Legion (a 1st Corps ANV Unit) and served throughout the war. After the war, he served in the South Carolina State Legislature and was a member of the South Carolina Constitutional Convention in 1896. Lieut Field must have brought some of these advertising covers with him from South Carolina to use to write letters home as there is at least one other example of this advertising cover design from the same correspondence which is a Richmond Soldier's Due stampless cover with Lieut Field's endorsement on the cover also in August 1862. (See VA3076)

$800.00

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