TUDOR HALL VA. MAR 4 1862 CDS with matching DUE 5 handstamp (CSA Catalog type D) on Mounted Dragoon patriotic (CC SM-1 with verse and slogan) addressed to Mr. William Phaup, Skin Quarter P.O., Chesterfield, Virginia with soldier endorsement of Private J. H. Phaup, Co C 18th Regt Va. Vols. THIS IS THE LAST WEEK OF USE. The Confederate post office at Tudor Hall was abandoned on March 8, 1862, and all mail delivered to the post office in Gordonsville. In their advance on Richmond, Union authorities took over Tudor Hall and renamed it Manassas. The cover is slightly reduced at top, missing top back flap, and tiny sealed corner faults at lower left. Scarce and attractive. Ex John Vagnetti. $700.

Joseph H. Phaup was a 23-year-old farmer when he enlisted, He was wounded at Seven Pines and Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg. He was captured and paroled at David’s Island, NY Harbor.