Lot 135
U.S. 1864 Blockade Mail via Halifax, enclosure datelined Camp Price, July 22, 1864, probably by messenger out of Wilmington, NC via Bermuda to Halifax, Nova Scotia and back to Portsmouth, VA, Halifax "cts 10" handstamp and "Halifax Au 29, 1864"; Very Fine.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
A RARE BLOCKADE USAGE WITH AN ENCLOSURE DISCUSSING THE DIFFICULTIES OF SENDING MAIL BETWEEN THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH.
Letter states "My dear sister, we have a good opportunity of sending letters to our Northern friends, so I will write again though my letters here before have never reached you. I have sent two by way of Nassau and one by Flag of Truce…" The letter continues with dialogue concerning the family being split by the war. The enclosure offers of fascinating view into the life of a soldier's wife, living a half mile from camp and corresponding with her sister in the North.
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