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#1 Stone 1 (not plated) (margin in at the top) pen-cancelled
and matching manuscript "B(eaver) D(am) Depot Dec 17th 1861." Beaver
Dam Depot was a
station on the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad in
Hanover County. Military Address to Lieut W. L'Roy Broun,
Albemarle Artillery, Care of Capt Wm Southall, Yorktown (Va). The
original very lengthy 10 page letter from the addressee's wife
filled with family news remains with the cover. With such a
long letter, the cover and letter are actually overweight. But the
cover went through at the single rate. The letter could
certainly benefit from a transcription. Back flap opening tears and
edge wear but still quite a presentable cover.
William LeRoy Broun (1827-1902), an 1850 graduate of the University of
Virginia, entered service in 1861 as a Lieuteant in Co H 1st
Va Art (also known as the Va Albemarle Artillery).
He was later promoted Lt Col and served as a staff officer and placed
in command of the Richmond Arsenal 9/15/1862. He resigned 5/15/1864.
His whole life was academics which he continued after the war at
various institutions finally becoming president of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Alabama (now known as Auburn University) in 1882.
William Henry Southall (1825-1890), a wealthy farmer from Albemarle
County who owned 31 slaves, was commissioned Captain of the Va
Albemarle Light Artillery
7/3/1861. He resigned 4/30/1862 with no further service
record. He
appears on the post war Federal Censuses as farming in Albemarle County.
The letter is 10 pages. Only the first page is shown.
The letter is datelined "Chantilly Dec 17th." Chantilly is 80 miles
north of Beaver Dam Depot on the same rail line. |
$250.00 |
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