Lot 3715
Confederacy, 1862, 10¢ rose (5), large margins, tied by bold "Richmond Va. June 23, 1862" postmark on Mounted Dragoon & Verse Patriotic in black on brown, to Plum, Alabama, with original soldier's letter which includes a description of a soldier's suicide, four pages, datelined "Camps near Richmond June 22nd 1862" and which reads (in part): "It is reported here that Beauregard and Halleck are both bringing their armies to Richmond. If they do and this fight is not brought off soon we will eat out Virginia… We have heard nothing from Jackson since I last wrote. He has now about 70,000 men with him all of the best grit mostly Mississians, Texians & Louisianians. I forgot to tell you in my last that one of our recruits (Thrasher) killed himself he committed the act a few days after the battle of the 'Seven Pines' he was in the battle and acted very coolly when he got back to camp he said he never intended going into another so he shot himself in the bust with his own musket. He left a wife and several children". Extremely Fine.
Estimate 5,000 - 7,500
Here is a choice 10¢ Rose usage and an exceptional soldier's letter.
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