| VA3341 |
CSA #6 (two singles) (4-Margin) tied together and to the cover by the Gordonsville, Va CDS 13 SEP 1862. Addressed to Mrs. M. A. Hutchinson, Greensboro, Alabama. Molesworth note on the back. Very clean cover.
The original letter is not present. On the inside of the top back flap is a short note written by the sender "(6th) night - Jackson is over in Md., & large bodies of troops are crossing. I shall go over tomorrow." The
cover is dated 13 SEP 1862 which is 4 days prior to the Battle of
Antietam (Sharpsburg). This can only be referring to the movement of
the ANV north into Maryland which culminated in that great battle. I
found a Capt Joseph Johnston Hutchinson (1811-1869) PACS who was a
Methodist minister from Greensboro and who was serving as an ACS
(Acting Commissary of Subsistance) for the 5th Ala Inf (a unit which
took part in the Battle of Sharpsburg) throughout the war. His wife was
Mary A. Hutchinson. Capt Hutchinson appears to have been the
soldier who sent this cover home to his wife. But he did have several
sons who served in the Canfederate Army including the 5th Ala Inf. No
further service record or information. |
$275.00 |
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