VA3381

CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the BLACK Lynchburg, Va CDS 21 AUG (1864). From the Blackford Correspondence with Military Address to Lancelot M. Blackford Esq, Military Court, Longstreets Head Quarters near Chaffins Bluff. Receiving docketing at the right dates the cover to 1864 and indicates that the sender was the addressee's mother. Small back tears, but still a very clean appearing cover. Ex-Brian Green. Lancelot Minor Blackford (1837-1914), an 1859 graduate of the University of Virginia, enlisted in the Rockbridge Artillery 9/2/1861. He was later commissioned and served for a time as an advocate in the military court system of Longstreet’s Corps. He was transferred to the 24th Va Inf 12/5/1864 where he served as the adjutant.

$150.00

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